Pentagon Contractor’s Report On COVID-19 Origins Is “Bogus”, U.S. Media Says

WASHINGTON, May 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – A U.S. military contractor’s report that the novel coronavirus was released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is “filled with information that’s just plain wrong,” said The Daily Beast, in a recent report. “There’s a critical flaw in the report,” an article published by the…

Nine Killed, 27 Wounded In Chicago Memorial Day Weekend Shootings

CHICAGO, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nine people have been shot and killed in Chicago, over the Memorial Day weekend, the deadliest one since 2015, Chicago Tribune reported, Monday. The dead are among at least 36 people shot from Friday afternoon to Monday morning, according to the newspaper. With a day…

Trump Marks Memorial Day With Visits To National Cemetery, Monument

WASHINGTON, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Monday, visited a national military cemetery and a historic fort, to mark Memorial Day, as the country’s COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000. “Tens of thousands of service members and national guardsmen are on the front lines of our war against…

Iranian oil tanker berthed at Venezuela’s port ignoring US warnings

TEHRAN, May 25 (IRNA-NNN) — The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the first of five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela has berthed at the country’s port ignoring US warnings. Quoting TankerTrackers tweet, IRNA said the Iranian oil tanker had loaded 43 million liters of gasoline from southern…

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 95,000 — Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 95,000 on Friday, reaching 95,276 as of 12:32 p.m. (1632 GMT), according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 1,588,322 cases have been reported in…

Brazil Climbs To Second In COVID-19 Cases Worldwide

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Brazil registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, with 20,803 cases reported, and exceeded 1,000 deaths in one day for the third time, the government said. According to the Ministry of Health, the total number of…

10 European Nations Regret U.S. Pulling Out Of Open Skies Treaty

PARIS, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ten European nations issued a joint statement, regretting the United States’s withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty, which they consider “a crucial element of the confidence-building framework that has been created over the past decades to increase transparency and security across the Euro-Atlantic area.” “We…

Covid-19: Guatemala blasts Trump over coronavirus-infected migrant deportations

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei GUATEMALA CITY, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemala blasted US President Donald Trump over US deportations of migrants infected with coronavirus. President Alejandro Giammattei said the deportations had saturated quarantine centers in Guatemala and heaped pressure on the Central American country’s weak health system. “Guatemala is an…

US forecasters predict ‘above normal’ Atlantic hurricane season

MIAMI, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US forecasters predicted an “above normal” Atlantic hurricane season and emergency officials said they were factoring the coronavirus pandemic into potential relief efforts. Neil Jacobs, acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said there was a 60 percent chance the season would…

Brazilian police make record drug seizure

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian police have confiscated a record 28 tons of marijuana discovered inside a truck near the border with neighboring Paraguay, the Federal Police force said. The largest ever drug bust in Brazil took place on Wednesday, in an area between the towns of…
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