Covid-19: Pandemic could push 45 million in Latin America into poverty – UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The COVID-19 pandemic could push 45 million people from the middle classes into poverty in already economically troubled Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations said. “In a context of already gaping inequalities, high levels of informal labor and fragmented health services, the…

Melania Trump statue burned in Slovenia after statue of Pres Trump in capital Ljubljana also burned in January

LJUBLJANA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US artist behind a wooden statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia said Thursday that he was mulling an “artistic response” after his work was burned down at the weekend. American conceptual artist Brad Downey erected the life-sized statue near the US First Lady’s hometown…

Russian bounties: Pentagon vows ‘action’ if intel confirmed

WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Top Pentagon officials pledged Thursday to “take action” if the US military could corroborate intelligence suggesting Moscow paid militants linked to the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke…

Covid-19: Bolivia’s interim President Anez says she has coronavirus

LA PAZ, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez announced that she has tested positive for coronavirus. “I’ve tested positive for COVID-19, I’m fine, I will work from isolation,” she tweeted. The 53-year-old said in a video on Twitter that she would remain in quarantine for 14 days…

Covid-19: Liberia’s ex-president to joint-head WHO coronavirus panel

Former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa GENEVA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand’s former prime minister, are to head a panel to review…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro shuffles military high command

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro (center) takes part in a ceremony to hand out promotions to military officersHandout CARACAS, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has shuffled his military high command but Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, a general, kept his post. Maduro’s political dominance in Venezuela is widely attributed…

US sees progress in reopening travel with EU

Tourists arrive in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in June 2020 as the European Union eased coronavirus travel restrictions that remain in place for Americans WASHINGTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he saw progress in reopening travel with the European Union shut by the coronavirus…

US launches talks with Kenya on free trade pact

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer WASHINGTON/NAIROBI, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government formally launched talks with Kenya aimed at setting up a free trade agreement that could form the basis for deals with other African nations. “Kenya is a recognized leader across the continent, an important strategic partner of…

Update: US Pres Trump hails ‘outstanding relationship’ with Mexico president

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico and US President Donald Trump before a working dinner at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump hailed his “outstanding relationship” with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as he welcomed him to the White House…

Covid-19: Brazil’s Pres Bolsonaro vetoes plans to offer support to indigenous people

A member of the Brazilian Armed Forces medical team examines a man from the Indigenous Yanomami ethnic group BRASILIA, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water, disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous…
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