Venezuelan oil price falls below $10, lowest level in 20 years

CARACAS, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The price of Venezuelan oil has fallen to below $10 a barrel — its lowest level in more than two decades, the government said. The oil ministry said the price between Monday and Friday was 70.62 Chinese yuan — $9.90 a barrel — a level…

New North America trade deal to take effect July 1: US

WASHINGTON, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new free trade deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada will enter into force on July 1, the office of the US trade representative said. The pact — which replaces the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) — binds nearly half a…

UN, EU Warn Israel Against West Bank Annexation

VIENNA, Apr 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United Nations and the European Union warned Israel not to annex the occupied West Bank. The UN’s special Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, said, such a move would be a “devastating blow” to the internationally-backed two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as the EU…

Ecuador Doubles COVID-19 Cases To 22,719 After Processing Backlogged Tests

QUITO, Apr 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The number of cases of COVID-19 in Ecuador has doubled to 22,719, after results from thousands of backlogged tests were obtained, Interior Minister, Maria Paula Romo said. Romo explained that, to date, 56,513 tests had been administered for COVID-19, of which 22,719 came back…

Prisoners Rebel In Prison In Buenos Aires Over COVID-19 Fears

BUENOS AIRES, Apr 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Prisoners in a federal prison in the Villa Devoto district of Argentina, set fire to mattresses and threw stones, chairs, and metal parts, from the roof of the detention centre, onto the police on the ground, images on TN television showed. A banner…

China Urges U.S. Not To Go Against Int’l Community

BEIJING, Apr 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China, on Friday, urged the United States not to go against the international community. The United States believes that, itself being the largest funder of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the WHO should follow its command, which is a typical hegemonic mentality, Chinese Foreign Ministry…

Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top 50,000, Debates Heating Up Over Reopening Economy

WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 50,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States, while debates are heightening over reopening the country’s economy, severely battered by the virus. A total of 870,468 cases have been reported with the death toll reaching 50,031 as of 11 a.m. Friday…

COVID-19: 20 port authorities sign declaration to keep ports open

SINGAPORE, April 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  Twenty port authorities around the globe today signed a declaration to keep ports open to seaborne trade to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The 20 members of the Port Authorities Roundtable (PAR) from Asia, Europe, Middle East and North America recognise the critical role played…

Covid-19: Latin American countries mulling next move as lockdown deadline about to expire

MEXICO CITY, April 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Latin American countries on Thursday analyzed their next move as lockdown deadlines expire at the end of the month amid a rising COVID-19 caseload. Bolivia, where a lockdown is set to expire on April 30, is studying the situation to decide whether to relax…

Covid-19: Israel halts police phone tracking over privacy concerns

Security forces detain Palestinian workers allegedly breaking the lockdown rules  JERUSALEM, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The use by Israel’s police of mobile-phone location data to enforce quarantine has been halted because of privacy concerns. The government had approved the use of such data for a limited time, to make sure those ordered…
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