Covid-19: Pres Maduro extends lockdown measures in Venezuela

CARACAS, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced he was extending his country’s lockdown measures against the coronavirus for a further 30 days. “I will renew the 30-day state-of-alert decree in order to continue to protect our people,” the Socialist president said in one of his near-daily televised…

Covid-19: Vice President Pence to ‘keep distance’ from Pres Trump – White House

WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Vice President Mike Pence, whose press secretary tested positive for coronavirus, has decided to “keep his distance” from President Donald Trump for a few days, the White House said. Katie Miller, Pence’s press secretary, tested positive for the virus last week along with a…

Covid-19: Chile asks IMF for a $23.8 billion line of credit

WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Chile have asked the International Monetary Fund for a flexible line of credit of around $23.8 billion over two years, the Washington-based institution said in a statement. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva intends to recommend approval of the request due to Chile’s “very…

Covid-19: US Democrats unveil $3 trillion virus relief package

WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Democrats unveiled a $3 trillion coronavirus response package, the largest yet, to fund efforts to fight the pandemic and provide emergency payments to millions of American households. The Heroes Act was introduced in the House of Representatives and could be voted on in the…

Covid-19: Global death toll passes 290,000

PARIS, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed more than 290,000 lives worldwide, according to official sources at 2200 GMT on Tuesday. In total, 290,477 deaths have been registered, with Europe accounting for 159,205 of them. The United States is the worst-affected country with 82,105 deaths, followed…

Covid-19: The Colombian jail with 859 cases

The prison is located in Villavicencio, about 100km south-east of Bogotá BOGOTA, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The director of a prison in the Colombian city of Villavicencio says overcrowding is to blame for one of the country’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. More than 850 inmates and members of staff have been…

Covid-19: ‘Serious’ consequences if US reopens too fast, says top govt expert

Top US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government’s top infectious disease expert warned Congress that ending lockdowns too quickly could bring severe consequences including new outbreaks of coronavirus just as the country tries to overcome the pandemic. Anthony Fauci told a Senate panel…

Venezuela: Two Guaido advisors resign accused by government of links to failed ‘invasion’

CARACAS, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two advisors to Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido resigned after being accused by the government of President Nicolas Maduro of links to a botched “invasion” by mercenaries. “The political strategist Juan Jose Rendon and deputy Sergio Vergara presented their resignations” to Guaido’s team, its press…

US official tells Iran to send plane for prisoner exchange

WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Iran clashed Monday on the prospect of a prisoner swap, with a US official mockingly urging the adversary to send a plane to repatriate its citizens. An Iranian government spokesman said Sunday that Tehran had offered “some time ago” to exchange…

China exempts more US goods from tariffs as virus hits economy

BEIJING, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China on Tuesday released a list of 79 items from the United States that will be exempted from trade war tariffs, a day after the US ruled out renegotiating their earlier trade deal. The list of goods, posted online by the Customs Tariff Commission of…
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