Cruise Ship Returns To Singapore After COVID-19 Case Found On Board

SINGAPORE, Jul 15 (NNN-CNA) – A cruise ship returned to Singapore, after a COVID-19 case was found on board, the Straits Times reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted Annie Chang, Singapore Tourism Board’s director of the cruise, as saying that, a 40-year-old passenger was identified as the close contact of a…

COVID-19 Daily Cases In Cuba Soar As Delta Variant Spreads

by Yosley Carrero HAVANA, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Cuba has seen an increase in new COVID-19 infections, deaths and hospitalisations, as Delta variant spreads across the country. On Monday, the Caribbean nation logged 6,423 coronavirus cases and 42 additional deaths, taking the national counts to 244,914 and 1,579, respectively. On…

Brazilian President Signs Law Authorising Privatisation Of Eletrobras

BRASILIA, Jul 14 (NNN-CMA) – Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, signed into law yesterday, a bill approved by Congress, that paves the way for the privatisation of state-owned electric utility company Eletrobras, according to the country’s Official Gazette. Among other measures, the regulatory framework will include the issuance of new Eletrobras…

Argentina Reports 20,023 New COVID-19 Cases

BUENOS AIRES, Jul 14 (NNN-TELAM) – Argentina registered yesterday, 20,023 new cases of COVID-19, raising the national count to 4,682,960, the Ministry of Health said. The ministry said, 387 more deaths were reported, bringing the national death toll to 99,640. The number of patients in intensive care units reached 5,199,…

U.S. Budget Deficit Soars To 2.24 Trillion USD In First Nine Months Of Fiscal Year 2021

WASHINGTON, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. budget deficit soared to 2.24 trillion U.S. dollars, during the first nine months of fiscal year 2021, which ends on Sept 30, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Tuesday. Federal revenue for the nine-month period ending in Jun rose to 3.05 trillion dollars,…

Civil Unrest Disrupts Health Services In S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Jul 14 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South Africa’s National Department of Health said yesterday that, health services were disrupted in the country, due to the ongoing protests. “The recent violent protests have impacted the vaccination rollout and also disrupted access to essential healthcare services, including collection of chronic medication by TB,…

Gunmen Kill 222, Kidnap 774 In Three Months In NW Nigerian State: Official

LAGOS, Jul 14 (NNN-NAN) – A total of 222 people were killed and 774 others kidnapped, in the second quarter of 2021, in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna, an official security report said yesterday. In the security…

Volkswagen, China’s Gotion High-Tech To Jointly Build Battery Cell Factory In Germany

BERLIN, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – German car manufacturer, Volkswagen and Chinese company, Gotion High-tech, concluded a strategic cooperation agreement, on the construction of a battery cell factory at Volkswagen Group Components’ site in Salzgitter, southeast Lower Saxony, the German carmaker announced yesterday. Production at the site is planned to start…

Ireland’s New Car Sales In June Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels

DUBLIN, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ireland’s new car sales in Jun surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time this year, said the country’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) yesterday. In Jun, 2021, Ireland sold 4,980 new private cars, 1,122 units more than it sold in Jun, 2019, said the CSO in…

12 EU Countries To Get Pre-Financing To Jump-Start Pandemic-Hit Economies

BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Council of the European Union (EU), yesterday approved the first batch of national plans for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic fallout, concluding the process for nearly half of EU countries, to get the initial capital. The first 12 countries to be able to get…