Covid-19: IMF renews $10.8 bn credit line for Colombia as recession looms

WASHINGTON, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF renewed a nearly $11 billion credit line for Colombia as a backstop amid the growing economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Colombia has had a Flexible Credit Line (FCL) since May 2009, and the IMF board has renewed it every two years, providing…

Canada says five missing in navy chopper crash in Mediterranean Sea believed dead

OTTAWA, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The five missing crew members of a Canadian navy helicopter that crashed during a NATO operation this week into the Mediterranean Sea are presumed dead, officials said. The search and rescue mission undertaken on Wednesday has now officially been transformed into a recovery effort, the…

U.S. Claims On Venezuela’s Trade Ties With Iran “Baseless”: Iranian Spokesman

TEHRAN, May 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry, dismissed U.S. allegation against trade ties between Tehran and Caracas as “baseless.” Such claims aim at creating obstacles in the way of the South American country’s plans, to restore its oil sector amid U.S. sanctions, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, was…

Covid-19: US death toll climbs by 1,883 in 24 hours as Pres Trump continues point finger at China’s lab

WASHINGTON, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus death toll in the United States climbed by 1,883 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to nearly 65,000. The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.1 million cases in the…

At least 17 dead in Venezuela prison riot: military

CARACAS, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 17 inmates were killed Friday in a riot at a prison in western Venezuela, military authorities reported. Inmates at the Los Llanos prison in Guanare staged “a disturbance of public order … resulting in 17 deaths and nine injuries” according to a military…

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…
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