EU ‘to rally against Israel’s West Bank annexation proposal’

Palestinian youths and Jewish settlers gather at a water spot in the Jordan Valley  BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU has indicated that it will try to stop Israel’s proposed annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank. Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc would use its…

Covid-19: Malaysian survivor stuck in Argentina

In good health: Mohd Zaidy with Bernardo Houssay hospital medical staff. BUENOS AIRES, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A Malaysian man, who slipped into a coma after contracting Covid-19 in Argentina, returned from the brink of death. He is now fighting another ordeal – finding a way to get back to Malaysia from Buenos Aires.…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus has killed at least 302,489 people worldwide since itsurfaced in China late last year. There have been more than 4,454,090 officially recorded cases in 196countries and territories. The United States has recorded…

Covid-19: WHO probes possible coronavirus link to rare disease in children

GENEVA, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization has said it is studying a possible link between coronavirus and a rare inflammatory illness that has sickened and killed children in Europe and the United States. In recent weeks, several countries have reported cases of children affected by an inflammatory…

Covid-19: New York City lockdown extended till June 13 – governor

NEW YORK, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lockdown measures in New York City have been extended until June 13 under an executive order signed by state Governor Andrew Cuomo. Stay at home orders will be eased for the state’s five least populatedregions, however, allowing businesses there to get back to work…

Covid-19: Wall Street retreats as trade war fears compound virus woes

NEW YORK, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US stocks dropped on Friday as signs of deteriorating trade relations between the United States and China added to economic worries due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration moved to block semiconductor shipments to China’s Huawei Technologies from global chipmakers. China was…

Covid-19: Barber who defied lockdown in New York tests positive

NEW YORK, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A barber who defied New York’s strict coronavirus lockdown for several weeks to cut customers’ hair has tested positive for COVID-19, health officials said. The Ulster County Department of Health urged people who recently received a haircut from a barbershop on Broadway in Kingston,…

Covid-19: Mexico at ‘peak moment’ of crisis after biggest daily rise in cases

This was the first time the daily rise in new cases was more than 2,000 MEXICO CITY, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico has reached “the peak moment” of its coronavirus outbreak, officials said, as the country recorded its largest one-day rise in cases so far. More than 2,409 new cases…

Covid-19 vaccine: Macaque monkey trial in US offers hope

Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected in a human trial WASHINGTON/LONDON, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys. It gives early to hope for the vaccine, which is now undergoing human clinical…

Ethiopian Airlines sees crash settlement with Boeing by end-June

ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over the crash of an 737 MAX plane in March 2019, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said. Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 bound for Kenya crashed six minutes after take-off from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa,…
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