Covid-19: California to release 8,000 prisoners to slow pandemic

Two women hold up a banner urging Gavin Newsom to free prisoners LOS ANGELES, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California will release up to 8,000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID-19 inside facilities, state authorities said. Several California prisons have suffered large coronavirus outbreaks and the…

Mexican president thanks Trump for not mentioning border wall at summit

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Donald Trump MEXICO CITY, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador expressed gratitude to Donald Trump for avoiding in public the thorny subject of the US president’s promised border wall during a summit in Washington earlier this week. Lopez…

Covid-19: Bolivia leader ‘asymptomatic’ after testing positive – Doctor

LA PAZ, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymtomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor said. The 53-year-old, a candidate the Sept 6 presidential elections, is isolating in the official residence in La Paz, Andrei Miranda told Bolivia’s Cadena A…

Covid-19: US welcomes WHO inquiry into coronavirus origins in China as Pres Trump continue attack on the Asian country

GENEVA/MIAMI, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States welcomes the World Health Organization’s W(HO) probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said. “We welcome the WHO’s investigation. We view the scientific investigation as a necessary step to having a…

Covid-19: 6 US states see record surges in cases, Florida becomes epicentre

Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida WASHINGTON, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six US states suffered record spikes in new COVID-19 cases on Friday and Florida, an epicentre of the pandemic, saw infections rise sharply for the second day in a row as the Walt Disney Co. stuck to its…

Covid-19: WHO reports record daily increase in global cases, up over 228,000

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 228,102 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according…

More migrants caught crossing US-Mexico border despite pandemic restrictions

A group of migrants make their way towards a gap in the border wall to surrender to US border patrol, near Penitas, Texas WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Border Patrol detained roughly 30,000 migrants attempting to cross the southwest border with Mexico in June, a 41 per cent increase from…

Sec of State Pompeo says “very hopeful” to continue US-DPRK dialogue

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States is “very hopeful” to continue dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at various levels, though the latter has signaled its unwillingness to do so. “We’re…

Investors want ‘results’ on deforestation in Brazil: VP Mourao

BRASILIA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – International investors want Brazil to show “results” in fighting Amazon deforestation before they will consider participating in environmental protection projects in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said after speaking with the funds. “At no time did investors commit with resources, they want to see…

Covid-19: US posts new record daily virus caseload of more than 65,000

WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US on Thursday posted 65,551 new coronavirus cases, a record for a 24-hour period, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country, the hardest-hit in the world by the pandemic, has a total caseload of more than 3.1 million, with 133,195 deaths.…
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