Canada: PM Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 kinds of assault weapons following April gun massacre

Canada Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau OTTAWA, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced a long-promised ban on assault-style weapons following the country’s worst gun massacre in April. New rules would make it illegal to sell, transport, import or use 1,500 varieties of assault weapons. The ban…

Pres Trump leave White House on Friday for first time in a month

WASHINGTON, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump leave the White House on Friday for the first time in a month when he travels to the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.Trump make the 110 km trip to Camp David on Friday evening, according to a schedule released by…

Covid-19: Black African deaths three times higher than white Britons – study

LONDON, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus patients from black African backgrounds in England and Wales are dying at more than triple the rate of white Britons, a study suggests. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said a higher proportion of people from ethnic minority backgrounds live in areas hit harder…

Man arrested after shooting at Cuban embassy in Washington

WASHINGTON, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Texas man accused of opening fire outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington early Thursday morning was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, the authorities said, reporting damage to the building but no injuries. The police and Secret Service officers were called…

Covid-19: Brazil registers record 7,218 cases in 24 hours

An image of a health worker and the words of thanks in Portuguese are projected on a building, as a tribute to health workers BRASILIA, May 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 7,218 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported, showing that the pandemic…

Covid-19: Pres Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs

WASHINGTON, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. The diatribe from the Republican incumbent came as data showed the United…

Covid-19: Criminals using food delivery services to transport drugs during lockdown – Interpol

PARIS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Criminals are using food delivery services as a cover to transport drugs and other illegal goods during the Coronavirus crisis, which has seen countries around the world go into lockdown, said the Interpol police organisation. Interpol said it had received reports from police in Ireland, Malaysia, Spain…

Covid-19: Armed protesters enter Michigan statehouse

LANSING (Michigan, US), May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gun-toting protesters against Michigan’s coronavirus lockdown have rallied in the state capitol building.Hundreds of demonstrators, a few of them armed, gathered in Lansing and many did not wear masks or socially distance.Police checked their temperatures before some were allowed into the capitol, where…

Family names Canadian officer killed in NATO helicopter crash off Greece as a body found amid wreckage

OTTAWA/ATHENS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The grief-stricken father of a Canadian sailor said Thursday she was killed in a military helicopter crash in the sea between Greece and Italy. Sub Lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough was on board a Cyclone Sikorsky CH-148 helicopter that, according to NATO, crashed after taking off from…

Covid-19: US, China block UN resolution in spat over WHO handling of pandemic

UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China remained at loggerheads Thursday over a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a 90-day humanitarian pause in conflicts worldwide in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The stalemate — over a mention of the World Health Organization —…
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