Teachers, staff and students protested against the reopening of schools in New York and cities across the country. CHICAGO, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Teachers and support staff at more than 35 school districts across the United States staged protests over plans to resume in-class instruction while COVID-19 is surging in…

Braga Netto is doing well and has no symptoms BRASILIA, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said, becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease. Braga Netto is doing well…

QUITO, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s creditors have voted in favor of a restructuring plan for $17.4 billion of debt that will see the South American country’s capital and interest payments reduced, the government of President Lenin Moreno said. The deal means the debt will be reduced by more than…

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The White House is mandating random coronavirus testing for staffers after President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien and several others working in the White House complex tested positive for the virus last month. The new policy is part of “ongoing efforts to protect…

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States added 46,321 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours Monday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s largest economy also added 532 deaths, the Baltimore-based institution’s tracker showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Tuesday). The US has now recorded 4,711,323…

MONTEVIDEO, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin American and the Caribbean on Monday surpassed five million coronavirus cases, more than half of which have been registered in Brazil. Alongside the cases, there have been more than 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the region. Brazil, a country of 210 million, has recorded…

MYRTLE BEACH (United States), Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Isaias regained hurricane strength Monday as it bore down on the US eastern seaboard, bringing life-threatening storm surges to North and South Carolina. The Category One storm, churning 100 kilometers southeast of Charleston, South Carolina on Monday evening, was packing sustained winds…