Turkey Reports 1,983 New COVID-19 Cases, 124,375 In Total

ANKARA, May 3 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, reported 1,983 new COVID-19 cases and 78 more deaths in Turkey. The total number of confirmed cases in the country climbed to 124,375, while the death toll surged to 3,336, Koca tweeted. Turkey conducted 36,318 tests for the virus in the…

U.S. Manufacturing Activity Falls To 11-Year Low Amid COVID-19 Fallout

WASHINGTON, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector plunged to an 11-year low in Apr, amid mounting COVID-19 fallout and weak global energy markets, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell by 7.6 percentage points to 41.5 percent in Apr,…

French Gov’t Extends State Of Emergency Until July 24

PARIS, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The French government decided to extend the state of health emergency until July 24, to fight against the virus pandemic, Minister of Health, Olivier Vrran, announced. The state of health emergency, installed since Mar 24, is to be extended because lifting it, as previously scheduled…

UK COVID-19 Deaths Top 28,000, As Government Pledges Support For “Most Vulnerable”

LONDON, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Another 621 COVID-19 patients died in Britain, bringing the total virus-related death toll in the country to 28,131, Communities Secretary, Robert Jenrick, said Saturday. Chairing Saturday’s Downing Street briefing, Jenrick said, 182,260 people have tested positive for the virus in Britain. Meanwhile, 105,937 tests were…

Covid-19 Infections Drop In Italy As Lock-Down Draws To A Close

ROME, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – As a national lock-down to fight the virus pandemic draws to a close, Italy posted a decrease in new infections, according to the latest numbers released by the Civil Protection Department. The number of new infections were 1,900 in the last 24 hours, a drop…

Experts Caution Against Washington Being “More Aggressive” On China

NEW YORK, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – A more aggressive stand adopted by some top U.S. administration officials against China on economic, diplomatic and scientific issues, at the heart of the relationship between the world’s first and second largest economies may backfire, reported The New York Times on Saturday. “Along with…

Iran Threatens To React “Severely” If Arms Embargo Extended

TEHRAN, May 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian government, on Saturday, threatened that, in case the arms embargo against Iran is extended, it will trigger a “harsh” response from the country. Ali Rabiee, spokesman for Iranian administration, decried U.S. push for extending the UN Security Council’s arms embargo against Iran, saying,…

“No Scientific Backing” For Claims COVID-19 Could Have Escaped From Wuhan Lab: Scientists

WASHINGTON, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – There is “no scientific backing” for the two claims, floated recently by some U.S. politicians and media outlets that, COVID-19 could be human-made and have escaped from a laboratory, scientists said. “The origin of the novel coronavirus is a legitimate area of scientific inquiry, in…

COVID-19 Deaths In U.S. Top 65,000

NEW YORK, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 65,000 on Saturday morning, reaching 65,244, as of 12:00 a.m. (1600 GMT), according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 1,106,373 cases have been reported…

DPRK’s Official Newspaper Publishes New Photos Of Kim Jong Un

PYONGYANG, May 2 (NNN-KCNA) – An official newspaper of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday (today), published photos of its top leader, Kim Jong Un, whose recent disappearance has triggered much speculation. The pictures posted by Rodong Sinmun were dated May 1 and were Kim’s first public…