Covid-19: Pres Trump says US toll could surpass 150,000

NEW YORK, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States could surpass 150,000, President Donald Trump said. “It could get up to 150,” Trump said in an interview with the cable television channel Spectrum News. “It could go beyond that. “But we would…

Update: Two more Trump campaign staffers positive for COVID-19, rises to 8

WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two more members of US President Donald Trump’s campaign staff who helped organize his weekend election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus. The two staffers, members of the advance team, attended the rally but “were wearing masks during the entire event,” said…

Update: Venezuela’s Pres Maduro says ‘prepared’ to talk to US counterpart Trump

CARACAS/WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said he is “prepared” to talk to US counterpart Donald Trump, who earlier claimed he was open to meeting the socialist leader to discuss his exit from power. “When the time comes I’m prepared to speak respectfully with President Donald Trump,”…

Rocket Lands Near Baghdad Airport, No Casualty: Iraqi Military

BAGHDAD, June 23 (NNN-NINA) – A Katyusha rocket landed near Baghdad International Airport on Monday, without causing casualty, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place in the evening, when unknown militants fired the rocket from a village in Abu Ghraib in western Baghdad, the media office of the Iraqi…

Covid-19: Global cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic ‘accelerating’

PARIS, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia said it would allow a “very limited” number of pilgrims to the hajj next month. France took its biggest step yet back to…

Covid-19: Pres Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end – White House

WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday. A senior administration official told journalists that the move would free up 525,000…

Kenya-US trade talks delayed until pan-African trade bloc comes into force: Pres Kenyatta

Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta NAIROBI, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya has delayed talks on a trade deal with the United States until a pan-African trade bloc comes into force, President Uhuru Kenyatta said, likely holding up what would be Washington’s first such pact in sub-Saharan Africa. US President Donald Trump…

Somalia silent on US Pres Trump saying there was ‘anarchy’ there

President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ MOGADISHU/WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s ministry of foreign affairs office said that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born…

South Africa’s former president de Klerk withdraws from racism talk in the US

The De Klerk Foundation said he did not want to embarrass himself or his hosts JOHANNESBURG, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s former President FW de Klerk has withdrawn from a US seminar where he was to speak on the rule of law, racism and minority rights. His foundation said…

US: Pres Trump campaign seeks to reset after flubbed rally

WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign hit out at protesters and the media as it scrambled to reset after a disappointing relaunch at a rally beset by missteps. The event in Tulsa, Oklahoma was marred by empty seats, coronavirus infections within the campaign and a…
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