‘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…

Covid-19: US says no new intake of foreign students for all-online classes

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced it will not take in any new foreign students seeking online-only study, after rescinding a hotly contested order to expel those already here and preparing for that because of the pandemic. The policy change was announced in a statement by Immigration…

Covid-19: US marks second day with 70,000-plus new cases – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For the second day running, the United States on Friday recorded more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths in a 24-hour period, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s hardest-hit country registered 73,795 new cases of COVID-19…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . US REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OFF: US President Donald Trump announces he is scrapping next month’s Republican convention in Florida which was expected to nominate him as the party’s candidate against Democrat Joe Biden for…

Covid-19: US sees jobless claims rise again as lawmakers debate aid

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Newly unemployed Americans filed nearly 1.42 million claims for jobless benefits last week, reversing recent months of decline as the world’s largest economy grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases. The worse-than-expected Labor Department data comes as lawmakers in Washington debate whether to extend additional…

Airbus offers subsidy concession to end US tariffs

PARIS, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Europe’s Airbus said it would increase loan repayments to France and Spain in a “final” bid to reverse US tariffs and jog the United States into settling a 16-year-old dispute over billions of dollars of aircraft subsidies. The European Union, France and Spain said the…

US admits to ‘intercepting’ Iranian passenger plane; passengers injured as plane take precautionary measures

Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Central Command has claimed responsibility for engaging with an Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace. Iranian officials have threatened to take legal and political action over the incident. US Central Command on Thursday confirmed that one of…

US Pres Trump tells Pres Putin hopes to avoid US-Russia-China arms race

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he hopes to avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China, the White House said. Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the New START treaty capping their countries’ nuclear…

Trump could lose reelection in 100 days – and the US is on edge

WASHINGTON, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donald Trump has 100 days from Sunday to save his presidency, while America tries to avoid a collective nervous breakdown ahead of one of the most divisive, tension-filled elections in US history. Coronavirus is ravaging the economy, adding steadily to a death toll already over…
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