Chinese cybercriminals targeted COVID research, hacked hundreds of companies: US

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, including defense contractors, the US Justice Department said. Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also targeted human rights activists in…

US unrest: Shootout at Chicago funeral leaves 14 wounded

CHICAGO, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– A shootout outside a funeral left 14 people wounded Tuesday in Chicago, as President Donald Trump threatens to send federal agents to a handful of US cities led by Democratic mayors. The episode started when occupants of a vehicle “began firing at attendees of a…

US offers $5 mn reward for arrest of Venezuela chief justice

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the chief justice of Venezuela’s supreme court, who faces US money laundering charges. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Maikal Jose Moreno Perez had “personally received money or property…

US unrest: Pres Trump threatens to send more federal officers into ‘Democrat’ cities

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump threatened to send more military-garbed law enforcement into US cities to quell anti-racism protests, a move he called necessary security action and critics labelled an election year political stunt. After the Department of Homeland Security deployed scores of Border Patrol police and…

Covid-19: Chinese vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

BRASILIA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic. The vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech, became…

Covid-19: Hundreds of infected bodies recovered from Bolivian streets, homes

LA PAZ, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivian police said they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 percent of the dead believed to have had coronavirus. A total of 191 bodies were recovered in the Cochabamba metropolitan area alone from July 15-20,…

US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: study

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white kids, according to a study based on tens of thousands of children. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio focused exclusively on children who were relatively…

Nine soldiers confirmed dead in Colombia helicopter crash: army

BOGOTA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Colombian army said nine soldiers were killed and six wounded after a military helicopter went down Tuesday in the country’s southeast during an operation against guerrillas. The Black Hawk helicopter went down with 17 people aboard on a stretch of the Inirida River, in…

Covid-19: Mexico’s death toll passes 40,000 – official

MEXICO CITY, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico on Tuesday passed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus pandemic as the country, which has the fourth-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, struggles to contain the disease. A daily technical report recorded a total of 40,400 deaths from the virus, after adding…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developmentsin the coronavirus crisis: . EU SEALS GIANT RESCUE DEAL: European Union leaders agree on a 750-billion-euro ($858-billion) rescue plan for the bloc’s economies, battered into recession by the coronavirus pandemic. The deal emerged from a marathon four-day and…
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