Covid-19: US records over 68,000 new cases in 24 hours – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Tuesday recorded 68,524 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally. The country, which is the world’s hardest-hit, has now registered a total of 3,891,893 infections, the Baltimore-based university said. Another 961 more…

Egypt: Pres Sisi wins parliamentary approval for possible Libya intervention

CAIRO, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt’s parliament gave President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight “terrorist groups” and “militias”. A sharp military escalation in Libya, where fighters led by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have been…

Moscow sees ‘chance’ to save Iran nuclear deal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif greet each other with an elbow bump MOSCOW, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia still believes there is hope of rescuing the nuclear deal with Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “We are convinced that there is still a…

Chinese cybercriminals targeted COVID research, hacked hundreds of companies: US

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, including defense contractors, the US Justice Department said. Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also targeted human rights activists in…

US unrest: Shootout at Chicago funeral leaves 14 wounded

CHICAGO, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– A shootout outside a funeral left 14 people wounded Tuesday in Chicago, as President Donald Trump threatens to send federal agents to a handful of US cities led by Democratic mayors. The episode started when occupants of a vehicle “began firing at attendees of a…

US offers $5 mn reward for arrest of Venezuela chief justice

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the chief justice of Venezuela’s supreme court, who faces US money laundering charges. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Maikal Jose Moreno Perez had “personally received money or property…

US unrest: Pres Trump threatens to send more federal officers into ‘Democrat’ cities

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump threatened to send more military-garbed law enforcement into US cities to quell anti-racism protests, a move he called necessary security action and critics labelled an election year political stunt. After the Department of Homeland Security deployed scores of Border Patrol police and…

Covid-19: Chinese vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

BRASILIA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic. The vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech, became…

Covid-19: Hundreds of infected bodies recovered from Bolivian streets, homes

LA PAZ, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivian police said they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 percent of the dead believed to have had coronavirus. A total of 191 bodies were recovered in the Cochabamba metropolitan area alone from July 15-20,…

US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: study

WASHINGTON, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white kids, according to a study based on tens of thousands of children. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio focused exclusively on children who were relatively…
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