UK Newspaper Denounces Arrest Of Journalists In U.S.

LONDON, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – British newspaper, The Independent, denounced the attack or arrest of journalists in the United States, while covering the recent demonstrations. According to a report by the British newspaper on its website, a mounting crackdown on reporters by authorities has been seen in recent weeks, as…

U.S. Aggressive Attitude Towards China Threatens World Peace: Scholars

LONDON, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – International scholars said, aggressive statements and actions by the U.S. towards China, poses a threat to world peace, and a potential new cold war on China is against the interests of humanity. The comments came during a virtual meeting on international campaign against a new…

Covid-19: WHO reports record daily increase in global cases, up over 284,000

A health worker collects a swab sample from a child in Kolkata, India GENEVA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and…

Singaporean pleads guilty in US to working for Chinese intelligence

Yeo Jun Wei, also called Dickson Yeo, pled guilty in federal court in Washington DC to one count of acting within the United States as an illegal foreign agent WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Singaporean pleaded guilty Friday to using his political consultancy in the United States as a front…

Brazil’s iconic chief Raoni leaves hospital Saturday

BRASÍLIA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s best-known indigenous leader, chief Raoni Metuktire, is set to be released from hospital Saturday after a health scare, officials said. “We can confirm he will be released Saturday,” a spokeswoman from the Dois Pinheiros Hospital in the central-western city of Sinop said on Friday.…

US health agency CDC urges schools to reopen to students

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The top US health body has issued new guidelines on the reopening of schools, clearly weighting its recommendations in favor of having students return to their classrooms in fall. The updated advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was posted Thursday night,…

US eases export restrictions on drones

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — The US government on Friday announced updated export restrictions on unmanned aerial systems (UAS), a move long sought by the country’s defense industries. “The President has decided to invoke our national discretion to treat a carefully selected subset of MTCR Category I UAS, which cannot…

Australia rejects Beijing’s South China Sea claims, backing US

SYDNEY, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australia has rejected Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with Washington in the escalating row. In a statement filed on Thursday, Australia said there was “no legal basis” to…

‘Brazil’s most famous cobra’ sparks trafficking probe, draws fans

BRASILIA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A cobra that bit a veterinary student in Brazil, putting him in a coma, has turned into a celebrity by sparking an investigation into an alleged exotic animal trafficking ring. The monocled cobra, which is native to Asia, bit 22-year-old Pedro Krambeck Lehmkuhl on July…

US-China ties fray as Beijing’s Houston and Washington’s Chengdu consulates, are closed

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US-China relations deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff as Beijing ordered a US consulate to shut in retaliation for the closure of its Houston mission — accused of being a hub for espionage and intellectual property theft. Chinese officials were seen loading large sacks of…
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