Covid-19: Infections top 5 million worldwide

PARIS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global infections from the novelcoronavirus passed five million as the pandemic played outunevenly across the planet, with China eager to declare a victory,Europe tentatively emerging from its shell and deaths still rising inhotspots in Latin America. The grim milestone comes after known cases of COVID-19…

Covid-19: China rebuts US Pres Trump accusation of coronavirus ‘mass killing’

BEIJING, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China offered a low-key rebuttal to United States President Donald Trump’s accusation of mass killing, with a foreign ministry official insisting the country did its best to protect lives during the pandemic. Tensions between the US and China have been on the rise as the…

Covid-19: UK healthcare workers begin hydroxychloroquine trial

LONDON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British healthcare workers on Thursday begin taking part in a University of Oxford-led international trial of two anti-malarial drugs to see if they can prevent COVID-19, including one US President Donald Trump says he has been taking. The ‘COPCOV’ study will involve more than 40,000…

Covid-19: US secures 300 million doses of potential AstraZeneca vaccine

WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has secured almost a third of AstraZeneca’s one billion possible COVID-19 vaccine doses by pledging up to $1.2 billion, as the world’s biggest powers scramble for medicinal supplies to get their economies back to work. While not proven to be effective against…

Pres Trump announces US to exit open skies treaty, accusing Russia of violation

WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration notified international partners on Thursday that it is pulling out of a treaty that permits 30-plus nations to conduct unarmed, observation flights over each other’s territory — overflights set up decades ago to promote trust and avert conflict. The administration says it…

Covid-19: Prime Minister Trudeau puts on mask, Canadians urged to do same

OTTAWA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he now wears a face mask in public when social distancing is not possible, as health authorities urged everyone in the country to do the same. But officials emphasized that wearing masks should not become an excuse to ignore…

North Korea halting talks with US until election is over, Russia says

MOSCOW, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea has halted talks with the United States until the results of the US presidential election in November are known, Russia’s ambassador to Pyongyang told news agencies Wednesday. President Donald Trump has met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times at historic summits…

Covid-19: Peru passes 100,000 cases, 3,000 dead

LIMA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Peru has become the second Latin American country after Brazil to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases, according to health ministry figures. The number of dead from COVID-19 has also passed 3,000, with only Brazil and Mexico having suffered more. Both cases and deaths have tripled since…

Covid-19: Bolivian health minister held for corruption over ventilators – police chief

LA PAZ, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s health minister has been arrested on suspicion of corruption related to the over-priced purchase of ventilators to fight COVID-19, the police chief said. Marcelo Navajas was detained by police in La Paz, Colonel Ivan Rojas said, a day after interim President Jeanine Anez…

Cuba seeks delay in debt repayment to 2022: diplomats

HAVANA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba has asked the Paris Club of major creditors for a delay in repaying its debt until 2022, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its economy. In a letter sent to 14 Paris Club countries to whom Cuba owes money including Britain, Canada,…
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