BUENOS AIRES, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina has registered more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases, its Ministry of Health said, despite the Buenos Aires area — the country’s coronavirus hot spot — being under extended shutdown. The country now has recorded 1,845 deaths from the pandemic with 100,153 positive cases and…

LA PAZ, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s economy minister said that he tested positive for COVID-19, making him the fourth cabinet member with the virus, in addition to the country’s interim president who is in quarantine. Economy Minister Oscar Ortiz joins the ranks of the ministers of health and mining,…

LOS ANGELES, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion on a United States Navy ship moored at a base in California set off a major fire on Sunday injuring 21 people, officials and local media said. The USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault vessel, was in port in San Diego for…

WASHINGTON, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday recorded 59,747 new cases over the last 24-hour period, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The number of cases in the US has rocketed in recent weeks, hitting a record…

Police officers console one another as they gather outside the McAllen Medical Center HOUSTON, July 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two police officers were killed in the city of McAllen in southern Texas while responding to a domestic disturbance call and the suspect shot himself dead, local authorities said. The officers were…