Covid-19: US death toll hits 700,000

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday (Oct 1), as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and people working in high-risk professions. The country has reported an average of more than 2,000 deaths per day over the past…

Covid-19: US sends more than 8 million vaccine doses to Bangladesh, Philippines

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced it is sending more than 8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh and the Philippines in the latest wave of aid to a world still struggling to tame the pandemic. Five shipments totalling 5,575,050 doses will go to the Philippines by next…

UK army to deliver petrol from Monday amid fuel crisis: Government

LONDON, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British army will begin delivering petrol to fuel stations on Monday to help alleviate the ongoing crisis after fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying, the government said. “Almost 200 military tanker personnel, 100 of which are drivers, will be deployed from…

Guinea coup leader Mamady Doumbouya sworn in as interim president

Col Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as president less than a month after unseating Alpha Condé CONAKRY, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea has sworn in Colonel Mamady Doumbouya as interim president, who promised to respect the West African state’s international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule.Doumbouya, who led the overthrow…

US urges Turkey not to buy more Russian arms

  WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States warned Turkey of further risks to bilateral ties if it buys more weapons from Russia, after US countermeasures over its purchase of the S-400 air defense system.    The statement came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian…

At least 12 killed in highway accident in northeastern Brazil

BRASILIA, Oct 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 12 people were killed and more than 20 injured after a truck crashed into a bus and a van on Brazil’s BR 101 highway, near the city of Novo Mundo in Bahia state, the Federal Highway Police said. According to the report, the…

Get someone jabbed against COVID-19 and get a gift token, Swiss say

ZURICH, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Switzerland is offering gift certificates to people who persuade others to be jabbed against COVID-19, the government said, part of efforts to increase the country’s low vaccination rate. Every newly vaccinated person will be asked to name one person who convinced them to be inoculated,…

Bahamas, Cuba intercept hundreds of Haitian migrants at sea

Several countries have repatriated or plan to repatriate migrants from Haiti NASSAU, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities from the Bahamas and Cuba have said they stopped hundreds of Haitians attempting to reach the United States by sea. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force said it had deployed patrol vessels to the southeast Bahamas…

Venezuela introduces new currency, drops six zeros

A man counts bolivar bills that amount to $1 at a bus stop in Caracas, Venezuela CARACAS, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela is set to debut a new currency that will feature six fewer zeros, a response to years of some world’s worst inflation. The highest denomination of the Venezuelan bolivar…

ICJ to hold hearing on Armenia, Azerbaijan in October

Azeri soldiers carry portraits of the servicemen and civil people who was killed during the Second Karabakh War at the commemorative march on the anniversary of the start of the war in downtown of Baku, Azerbaijan THE HAGUE, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top court said it will hold…