US: ‘Unsurvivable’ storm surge feared as Hurricane Laura strengthens to category 4

LAKE CHARLES (United States), Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hurricane Laura was barreling towards the coast of the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas as a monster Category 4 storm, prompting warnings of “unsurvivable” storm surge and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents. The Miami-based National…

Update: One dead, two injured in US protest shootings in Wisconsin

The violence occured as hundreds of protesters marched for a third night following the Jacob Blake shooting KENOSHA (Wisconsin, US), Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was shot dead and another two were injured in the US city of Kenosha on Tuesday (Aug 25) night, according to media reports, as groups…

Iran’s FM Slams Pompeo For Trying To “Flood” Region With Weapons

TEHRAN, Aug 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, criticised U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for “violating his own country’s laws” and trying to “flood” the Middle East with weapons. On a note on Twitter, Iran’s chief diplomat wrote that the U.S. Secretary of State “has no…

Covid-19: Brazilian president’s eldest son tests positive

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro BRASILIA, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of President Jair Bolsonaro, said he had been tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The senator said via Twitter that he was fine, had no symptoms, and was being treated at home with hydroxychloroquine…

Six Killed In Truck Bomb Explosion In N. Afghanistan, Taliban Claims Responsibility

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Six people, including an assailant, were killed and 32 others wounded, after a Taliban militants’ suicide truck bomb blast took place outside a special forces’ camp, in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, an army source confirmed. The incident occurred in Balkh district in central part of…

Covid-19: Spain calls on army to fight virus as WHO signals slowdown

MADRID, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain said it will call in the army to try to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as parts of Europe and Asia battle new surges, while data from the UN health agency suggested the pace of transmission was easing in many parts of…

US unrest: Wisconsin black man shot in the back by police ‘will need miracle’ to walk again

Jacob Blake (left) was shot several times in the back by police KENOSHA (Wisconsin, US), Aug 26 (NNN-Agencies) — The lawyers for the family of a black man shot in the back by police in the US state of Wisconsin say he will need a “miracle” to walk again. Jacob…

Argentina: Tango World Championships moves online due to virus

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s annual Tango WorldChampionships gets underway Wednesday, but instead of hundreds of dancers competing in an arena in Buenos Aires, the pandemic means participants are competing virtually. Coronavirus restrictions in the South American country, which reported arecord daily 8,713 cases Monday, mean the judges…

US accuses Israel’s Teva of fixing drug prices as 5 other companies heavily fined

NEW YORK, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Justice Department charged Israeli generic drug giant Teva of illegally fixing drug pricesbetween 2013 and 2015. Teva and several co-conspirators agreed to fix prices, rig bids, andallocate customers for generic drugs” including the popular cholesterol-regulating medicine Pravastatin, the Justice Department said in…

US: National Guard and military helping to fight California fires

LOS ANGELES, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The help comes amid a staffing shortage on the fire lines that has caused officials to make wrenching decisions about what areas to save and which ones to let burn. The National Guard and US military have sent assistance to the site of massive…
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