World Bank To Grant Benin 50 Million USD To Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts

COTONOU, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The World Bank will provide Benin with 50 million U.S. dollars, to cope with socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, according to statement in the capital, Cotonou. Approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on June 26, in Washington, the financial package is to “help…

Brazil’s COVID-19 Deaths Top 57,000

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil, on Saturday, reported at least 1,109 daily deaths of COVID-19, raising its death toll to 57,070. In the last 24 hours, 38,693 new cases were reported, bringing the national count to 1,313,667, the Brazilian Health Ministry said, in its daily report. The…

EU Poised To Bar U.S. Travellers As It Reopens In July

WASHINGTON, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The European Union (EU) plans to bar travellers from the United States and some other countries where the COVID-19 outbreak has not been effectively controlled, as the bloc will reopen in July, U.S. media reported. After several rounds of negotiation in recent weeks, EU senior…

Mexico City police chief shot in assassination attempt, blames drug cartel

A police officer stands behind a cordon tape at an area where a shooting took place in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico City’s chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on Friday that he…

US unrest: Pres Trump signs order ‘protecting’ monuments as crowds topple statues

WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging to enforce prosecution for protesters who vandalize public memorials, as he announced he was skipping a weekend at his New Jersey golf resort to ensure “LAW & ORDER” in Washington. Trump’s order follows a wave of…

Covid-19: Argentina cranks up lockdown in capital

BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina President Alberto Fernandez announced on Friday a toughening of lockdown measures in the capital Buenos Aires and its surrounding area as coronavirus cases are on the rise. “We’re going back to closing the Buenos Aires metropolitan area so that traffic dramatically decreases, to…

Miners kill two indigenous Yanomami in Brazil: rights group

BRASILIA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Illegal gold miners killed two men from the Yanomami indigenous group in the Brazilian Amazon, a rights group said, warning the incident could escalate into a “cycle of violence.” The Yanomami, who are known for their face paint and intricate piercings, were largely isolated from…

Mexico: 4 bodies found by side of road in violence-hit region

MEXICO CITY, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Mexico found 14 bodies dumped on the side of a road in northern Zacatecas state, where notorious criminal gangs operate, the regional government said. Images on local media showed the bodies by the side of a road, wrapped in blankets and tied…

US says considering new taxes on $3.1 bn in European products

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is considering levying taxes on an additional $3.1 billion in European imports amid a dispute over subsidies to planemaker Airbus. A document released Tuesday from the US Trade Representative (USTR) listed products from France, Germany, Spain or Britain, ranging from olives to…

Russia plans to take first tourist on space walk in 2023

MOSCOW, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s Energia space corporation said it will take the first tourist on a space walk in 2023, under the terms of a new contract with a US partner. Energia has inked a contract with Space Adventures, which promises to take two space tourists to the…
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