Canadian, Italian kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 released in Mali: UN

Edith Blais and Luca Tacchetto went missing while travelling through Burkina Faso BAMAKO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Canadian woman and an Italian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso in December 2018 have been released to the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in neighbouring Mali and appear to be in good health,…

Update: Pres Trump tests negative for Covid-19

WASHINGTON, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his physician said, followingconcerns over his exposure to a disease that has paralyzed the globe. Trump agreed to the test after coming in contact with several members of aBrazilian presidential delegation visiting his Florida resort…

Covid-19: Chile quarantines 1,300 aboard two cruise ships

SANTIAGO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile has quarantined more than 1,300 people aboard two cruise ships after an elderly Briton aboard one of them tested positive for the coronavirus, the health ministry announced Saturday. Both ships are cruising the Chilean fjords in Patagonia. The 85-year-old man showed symptoms of the…

Covid-19: Pres Trump takes coronavirus test, as US extends travel ban to UK and Ireland

WASHINGTON, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has taken a coronavirus test but said that his temperature was “totally normal”, and his administration extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American…

Covid-19: Argentina, Ecuador deaths take LatAm virus toll to five

MONTEVIDEO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina announced its second coronavirus-related death as Ecuador reported its first, taking thetotal death toll in Latin America to five as the virus shows signs ofspreading rapidly. Venezuela, Uruguay, Guatemala and Suriname reported their first cases ofthe COVID-19 pandemic. Overall cases in the region have…

Covid-19: Number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 150,000

PARIS, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of coronavirus cases worldwide passed 150,000 on Saturday driven by a spike in infections in Italy. Italy announced 3,497 new cases on Saturday, bringing the global total to 151,797, with 5,764 deaths across 137 countries and territories. Italy, the worst-hit country outside of…

Covid-19: Venezuela confirms cases amid public health concerns

A woman holds a cloth to her face and with her hands in plastic bags in Caracas CARACAS, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus amid concerns that the economically struggling South American nation is unprepared to confront a pandemic that has proven challenging for…

Covid-19: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he tested negative

President Jair Bolsonaro in Miami, Florida BRASILIA, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said he had tested negative for the new coronavirus, after a scare over a trip on which at least one infected member of his staff rubbed shoulders with US President Donald Trump. The far-right Brazilian president…

Covid-19: Canadian PM Trudeau in two-week isolation after wife tests positive

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau OTTAWA, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife, Sophie, tested positive for coronavirus. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau recently returned from London and experienced flu-like symptoms, so she was…

Pregnant teen dies after falling from US-Mexico border wall

HOUSTON (Texas, US), March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A pregnant 19-year-old migrant from Guatemala died after trying to climb over a border fence in Texas, authorities said. Doctors were not able to save her child.United States media, quoting a statement from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reported that the woman, Miriam…
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