Italian-American Automaker FCA Posts Net Losses Of One Billion Euros In Q2

ROME, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Italian-American automaker, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), posted net losses of one billion euros (1.18 billion U.S. dollars), in the second quarter (Q2) this year, the company said, yesterday. FCA said, it shipped 424,000 vehicles worldwide in Q2, down by 63 percent, compared to the same…

Brazil Adds Over 1,200 Deaths From COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 1 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil yesterday reported a daily increase of 1,212 COVID-19 deaths, taking the national death toll to 92,475. Health authorities also detected 52,383 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,662,485. The state of Sao Paulo, the most populous…

Pompeo Widely Blasted By U.S. Media, Seen As “Worst Secretary Of State Ever”

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has been widely denounced by domestic media for his egregious performance in office, with The New York Times calling him “the worst secretary of state in American history, without a single diplomatic achievement.” In an opinion piece published by…

Iran’s Top Leader Slams U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday strongly condemned U.S. sanctions on the Iranian nation as “a grave crime.” “The sanctions the Americans exerted against the Iranian nation are for sure a grave crime,” Khamenei said, in a televised speech on the occasion of the…

Obama Warns, Voting Rights Under Threat, At John Lewis’ Funeral

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Former U.S. President, Barack Obama, delivered an eulogy for the late U.S. congressman, John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday, warning that the voting rights, the late civil rights icon championed, are threatened, heading into the 2020 election. “There are those in power doing their darnedest to…

Venezuela ready for new talks with opposition

BOGOTA, July 31 (NNN-ANADOLU) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday that his government is ready to begin a new round of Norway-mediated talks with the opposition. Maduro said Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez held a meeting with a Norwegian delegation. “Jorge Rodríguez is having a conversation; he received them here…

Covid-19: US death toll passes 150,000 – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– The United States on Wednesday recorded 1,267 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported. The latest daily toll comes as the country surged past the grim milestone of 150,000 total fatalities since its first coronavirus-related death at the end of February. The…

US imposes sanctions on teenage son of Syrian leader Assad

WASHINGTON, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States slapped sanctions on the son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, extending efforts to block funds for the war-torn country’s regime. Hafez al-Assad, 18, named after his grandfather, will not be allowed to travel or maintain assets in the United States, the State…

US Pres Trump dismisses report of Russian ‘bounties’ on US soldiers

WASHINGTON, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump dismissed reports that Russia has been paying the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan and said he’d not raised the issue with President Vladimir Putin. “I have never discussed it with him,” he said in an interview. Trump talked by…

Covid-19: Brazil’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 90,000

BRASILIA, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil registered record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus Wednesday, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people. Despite the record figures, the government issued a decree reopening the country to foreign visitors arriving by plane, ending a four-month travel…
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