Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida WASHINGTON, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six US states suffered record spikes in new COVID-19 cases on Friday and Florida, an epicentre of the pandemic, saw infections rise sharply for the second day in a row as the Walt Disney Co. stuck to its…

A group of migrants make their way towards a gap in the border wall to surrender to US border patrol, near Penitas, Texas WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Border Patrol detained roughly 30,000 migrants attempting to cross the southwest border with Mexico in June, a 41 per cent increase from…

BRASILIA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – International investors want Brazil to show “results” in fighting Amazon deforestation before they will consider participating in environmental protection projects in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said after speaking with the funds. “At no time did investors commit with resources, they want to see…

WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US on Thursday posted 65,551 new coronavirus cases, a record for a 24-hour period, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country, the hardest-hit in the world by the pandemic, has a total caseload of more than 3.1 million, with 133,195 deaths.…

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California is suing US President Donald Trump’s administration over its policy threatening the visas of foreign students whose courses move online due to coronavirus, officials said. The lawsuit to be filed by the state’s attorney general comes as Trump pushes for the country’s education…

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…