US Pres Trump says Hong Kong can ‘never succeed’ under China control

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump saidthat Hong Kong’s global financial center will “go to hell”under tightened Chinese rule. “Hong Kong can never succeed having China as opposed to thethousands of geniuses that ran it, having China run it,” Trump toldFox Business news. “The Hong Kong markets…

Covid-19: Global coronavirus deaths top 750,000

PARIS, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic has killedmore than 750,000 people worldwide since it first emerged in China inDecember. A total of 750,003 deaths have been recorded, out of 20,667,684cases across the globe. The Americas and the Caribbean were the hardest hit region with228,572 fatalities. Almost half of…

Covid-19: Argentina and Mexico will produce and distribute the Oxford University vaccine in Latin America

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — President Alberto Fernández, announced that Argentina together with Mexico, will produce for Latin America the coronavirus vaccine developed by the AstraZeneca laboratory in collaboration with the British University of Oxford. “We hope as soon as possible to start the production process” Fernández said at…

Ecuador expects shrimp exports to China to resume soon after Covid-19 dispute

QUITO, Aug 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ecuador expects a quick resolution to a trade dispute with China over traces of coronavirus in a container of exported shrimp that led Beijing to suspend imports from three companies, Ecuador’s production and trade minister said. Chinese officials last month said they found six positive…

Covid-19: Argentine governor tests positive, Venezuelan minister recovers

Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria SAO PAULO/CARACAS, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The governor of Sao Paulo, the state with the highest COVID-19 death toll in hard-hit Brazil, said he had tested positive for the new coronavirus and would continue working from quarantine. Governor Joao Doria, an early and vocal advocate…

Fast growing wildfire in Los Angeles forces evacuation of over 500 homes

A water tanker makes a drop on the Lake Fire, which has rapidly grown to more than 10,000 acres, north of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Aug 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — A fast growing wildfire occurred Wednesday afternoon in the Angeles National Forest, prompting evacuation orders for over 500 homes nearby. The…

Iran Says U.S. Push For Renewal Of UN Arms Ban “Illegal”

TEHRAN, Aug 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Senior Iranian officials, said that, the U.S. bid to renew a UN arms embargo against Iran lacks a “legal” basis. In a telephone conversation with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, Iran’s President Rouhani said, the United States has “no right” to use mechanisms of the…

Covid-19: Brazil reports over 104,000 deaths

A pedestrian wearing a face mask is seen on a street in Brasilia BRASILIA, Aug 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil said it registered 1,175 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the previous 24 hours, raising the death toll to 104,201. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s daily pandemic report,…

Covid-19: Peru reimposes curfews to stop virus spike

LIMA, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru will re-impose a ban on people leaving their homes on Sundays and outlaw family parties, authorities said as the nation reported a record number of new coronavirus cases. Since the government started lifting containment measures on July 1, thenumber of new cases per day…

Presidential elections: Democratic hopefuls Joe Biden and Kamala Harris say Pres Trump has left US ‘in tatters’

 WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris have attacked “whining” President Donald Trump as an incompetent leader who has left the US “in tatters”. The pair held their first campaign event together, a day after Biden unveiled Harris as his number two. Trump hit…
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