Covid-19: Brazil recommends chloroquine to treat mild cases

Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro BRASILIA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s health ministry recommended using chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat even mild cases of COVID-19, a treatment President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for despite a lack of conclusive evidence of their effectiveness. New federal guidelines released by the ministry recommend doctors…

Covid-19: Pres Trump says US topping world virus cases is ‘badge of honour’

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump has argued it is “a badge of honor” that the US has the world’s highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections. “I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better,”…

Iraqi Intelligence Captures Daesh Leader

BAGHDAD, May 21 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) on Wednesday, announced it arrested a leader of the Daesh. “The terrorist, named Abdul-Nasser Qardash, a former candidate to succeed the (dead leader) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been arrested,” INIS said in a statement on its official Twitter account.…

US hits top Iranian officials for human rights abuses

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government imposed sanctions on an Iranian government minister and senior law enforcement and military officials over human rights abuses.“The Iranian regime violently suppresses dissent of the Iranian people, including peaceful protests, through physical and psychological abuse,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a…

Ex-Mexican president’s son commits suicide

MEXICO CITY, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A son of Mexico’s former president Luis Echeverria Alvarez, who governed in the 1970s with an iron fist, has killed himself, authorities said.Alvaro Echeverria Zuno, 71, died on Tuesday morning at his home in the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City, the local…

Covid-19: WHO reports most cases in a day as cases near five million

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus GENEVA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization expressed concern about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown. The global health body said 106,000 new cases of infections of the novel coronavirus had…

Covid-19: All 50 US states move toward reopening

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As the country’s death toll surpasses 92,000, all 50 US states have partially reopened after a two-month shutdown. On Wednesday, Connecticut became the final state to lift restrictions when it gave the green light to shops and restaurants under certain conditions. But wide discrepancies remain…

Iran’s President Lauds “Self-Sufficiency” Amid U.S. Sanctions

TEHRAN, May 21 (NNN-IRNA) – U.S. sanctions have hurt Iranians over the past years, but they also led to great achievements, such as self-sufficiency in many areas, Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, said. “Despite the harsh conditions of the country and the illegal and unjust sanctions and the severe economic pressure…

WHO Should Not Be Used As Puck To Settle Political Accounts: Russian Deputy FM

MOSCOW, May 19 (NNN-TASS) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) should not be used as a puck to settle political accounts, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said Tuesday. “WHO should not become a puck to be passed back and forth, pursuing goals other than those of building most efficient…

Palestine Abolishes All Agreements With Israel, U.S. To Protest Against West Bank Annexation

RAMALLAH, May 20 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, on Tuesday, declared the abolition of all agreements and understandings with Israel and the U.S., in protest against Israeli plan to annex parts of the West Bank. “The Palestine Liberation Organisation and the State of Palestine are absolved, as of today (yesterday), of all…
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