Covid-19: WHO reports record daily increase in global cases, up over 228,000

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 228,102 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according…

More migrants caught crossing US-Mexico border despite pandemic restrictions

A group of migrants make their way towards a gap in the border wall to surrender to US border patrol, near Penitas, Texas WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Border Patrol detained roughly 30,000 migrants attempting to cross the southwest border with Mexico in June, a 41 per cent increase from…

Sec of State Pompeo says “very hopeful” to continue US-DPRK dialogue

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States is “very hopeful” to continue dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at various levels, though the latter has signaled its unwillingness to do so. “We’re…

Investors want ‘results’ on deforestation in Brazil: VP Mourao

BRASILIA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – International investors want Brazil to show “results” in fighting Amazon deforestation before they will consider participating in environmental protection projects in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said after speaking with the funds. “At no time did investors commit with resources, they want to see…

Covid-19: US posts new record daily virus caseload of more than 65,000

WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US on Thursday posted 65,551 new coronavirus cases, a record for a 24-hour period, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country, the hardest-hit in the world by the pandemic, has a total caseload of more than 3.1 million, with 133,195 deaths.…

California to sue over Trump order revoking foreign student visas

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California is suing US President Donald Trump’s administration over its policy threatening the visas of foreign students whose courses move online due to coronavirus, officials said. The lawsuit to be filed by the state’s attorney general comes as Trump pushes for the country’s education…

Covid-19: Pandemic could push 45 million in Latin America into poverty – UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The COVID-19 pandemic could push 45 million people from the middle classes into poverty in already economically troubled Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations said. “In a context of already gaping inequalities, high levels of informal labor and fragmented health services, the…

Melania Trump statue burned in Slovenia after statue of Pres Trump in capital Ljubljana also burned in January

LJUBLJANA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US artist behind a wooden statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia said Thursday that he was mulling an “artistic response” after his work was burned down at the weekend. American conceptual artist Brad Downey erected the life-sized statue near the US First Lady’s hometown…

Russian bounties: Pentagon vows ‘action’ if intel confirmed

WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Top Pentagon officials pledged Thursday to “take action” if the US military could corroborate intelligence suggesting Moscow paid militants linked to the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke…

Covid-19: Bolivia’s interim President Anez says she has coronavirus

LA PAZ, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez announced that she has tested positive for coronavirus. “I’ve tested positive for COVID-19, I’m fine, I will work from isolation,” she tweeted. The 53-year-old said in a video on Twitter that she would remain in quarantine for 14 days…
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