Covid-19: US cases surpass 5.6 mln

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 5.6 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The national case count rose to 5,607,993, with the death toll in thecountry reaching 174,924 as…

Covid-19: Pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head Tedros

Dr Tedros said globalisation had allowed the virus to spread more quickly GENEVA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump pushes universities to keep reopening despite cluster outbreaks

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — US President Donald Trump has urged universities to keep reopening their campuses, despite reports of COVID-19 cluster outbreaks among students across the country. The virus is very dangerous for older people, “but for university students the likelihood of severe illness is less than or equal…

Covid-19: World Bank chief warns extreme poverty could surge by 100 mn

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic may have driven as many as 100 million people back into extreme poverty, World Bank President David Malpass warned. The Washington-based development lender previously estimated that 60 million people would fall into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, but the new estimate puts…

German police arrest man wanted by Croatia for war crimes

BERLIN, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German federal police said they had arrested a 55-year old former Yugoslavian man who was sentenced 23 years ago in Croatia for crimes against humanity but who never served his prison term. In 1997, the man, now a U.S. citizen, was sentenced to 10 years…

Hong Kong will suspend some legal cooperation with US, China says

China and US relations were already strained prior to the decision BEIJING, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hong Kong will suspend an agreement on mutual legal assistance with the United States, China’s foreign ministry said, in a tit-for-tat response to Washington ending some agreements with Hong Kong. The US State Department…

Iran nuclear deal: European nations ‘siding with Ayatollahs’ – US Sec of State Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused European allies of “siding with the ayatollahs” after they said the US could not reimpose sanctions on Iran. The UK, France and Germany said the US did not have the legal right to…

Update: Coronavirus bites back in Europe as Latin America tops 250,000 deaths

PARIS, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global health authorities said European countries should be able to ride out a surge in coronavirus caseswithout reimposing full lockdowns, as the World Bank warned the crisis could push 100 million people into extreme poverty. Worrying spikes in cases reported Thursday in France, Italy, Spain…

Eight kidnap victims freed after Mexico shootout

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican authorities said they had rescued eight people who had been kidnapped, including onewho had several fingers cut off, after an intense shootout in the city ofGuadalajara. Another abductee was found dead and three men were arrested after the raid on a house in…

Bolivia probes alleged former Pres Morales affair with minor

Former president of Bolivia Evo Morales LA PAZ, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s justice ministry has filed acriminal complaint against 60-year-old former president Evo Morales over an alleged sexual relationship with a minor, Deputy Minister Guido Melgar said. “The Justice Ministry has filed a complaint against citizen Juan EvoMorales Ayma…
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