Covid-19: US sees 568 more deaths as infections rise

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States lost another 568 people to the new coronavirus in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 pm Saturday, according a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It marked the 10th day in which the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than…

Covid-19: Latin America and Caribbean top 2 million cases

MONTEVIDEO, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Latin America and the Caribbean on Saturday surpassed two million coronavirus cases, with Brazil home to more than half of the infections, according to official figures. The virus is accelerating its spread in the region, an outbreak hotspot with 2,007,621 confirmed cases. Brazil, Latin America’s…

Mexico: 215 bodies found in mass graves

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 215 bodies were found between January and May in nine mass graves near Guadalajara, in Mexico’s Jalisco state, authorities said. State prosecutor Gerardo Octavio Solis told a virtual press conference that “215 bodies have been found in (mass) graves, of which a…

US: Pres Trump holds fiery rally but crowd disappoints

TULSA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump returned Saturday to one of his favorite spots — a campaign rally stage — defying the pandemic and attacking Democratic rivals at an event with crowds far smaller than promised. Gathering his political faithful for a much-hyped rally in Oklahoma, his…

Top US State Department aide resigns over Pres Trump’s response to racial unrest

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of the highest-ranking African Americans in the administration delivered a stinging rebuke to President Trump’s handling of racial unrest, announcing her resignation and accusing the president of confronting the country’s recent upheaval in ways that “cut sharply against my core values and convictions.” Mary…

US: Crowds gather for Pres Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally despite coronavirus fears

The Trump campaign said it had received more than a million ticket requests for the rally TULSA (Oklahoma, US), June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Supporters of US President Donald Trump have gathered in Oklahoma for his first rally since March, when the US coronavirus lockdown began. However, organisers cancelled an “overflow” event…

Covid-19: Pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day, and nearly half of them in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.“The world is in a new and dangerous…

EU parliament declares ‘Black Lives Matter’, denounces racism, white supremacism

BRUSSELS, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Parliament voted to declare that “Black Lives Matter” and to denounce racism and white supremacism in all its forms. The Friday resolution has no legal consequences but sends a signal of support to anti-racism protesters, and it follows a UN call for a…

US judge allows release of ex-Trump aide Bolton’s book

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US judge refused toblock the release of a tell-all book in which President Donald Trump’sformer national security advisor describes him as corrupt andincompetent. With the book already shipped to stores for sale next week, JudgeRoyce Lambert wrote that John Bolton appeared to have failed…

UN condemns systemic racism – without naming US

GENEVA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top human rights body condemned discriminatory police brutality and demanded a report on “systemic racism”, but rights groups accused Washington of wielding pressure to strip out any mention of the United States in the resolution. The UN Human Rights Council’s 47 members approved…
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