Covid-19: Chile continues to register below 1,000 daily cases

SANTIAGO, Aug 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chile continued to register below 1,000 daily cases of COVID-19 after reporting 940 infections in the last 24 hours. “940 new cases have been reported, with a positivity of 1.4 percent in the last 24 hours nationwide,” Health Minister Enrique Paris told the press. However,…

US shootings: Chicago police officer killed, another seriously wounded in West Englewood; 4 men wounded in separate incident

Chicago police officer investigate the shooting of two officers Saturday night in the 6300 block of South Bell Avenue  CHICAGO (US), Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chicago police officer was killed and another was seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday night on the South Side, officials said. The officers were…

Over 2,000 rally in Lima against leftist Castillo administration

     LIMA, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some two thousand people took to the streets of downtown Lima on Saturday to call on Peru’s Congress to remove leftist president Pedro Castillo and his cabinet. Peru’s first leader in decades with no ties to the country’s political or economic elite, Castillo was sworn…

Tunisia ‘state of exception’ hits halfway with no government in sight

     TUNIS, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Halfway into Tunisia’s 30-day “state of exception” announced by President Kais Saied last month, he has yet to lay out a road map or appoint a government. Despite naming several ministers to replace those in the sacked administration of Hichem Mechichi, Saied is facing calls…

Mediterranean has become a ‘wildfire hotspot’, EU scientists say

BRUSSELS, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot, with Turkey hit by its most intense blazes on record and a heatwave producing a high risk of further fires and smoke pollution around the region, a European Union atmosphere monitor said. Wildfires are raging in countries including…

Covid-19: US administers over 350 million doses of vaccines – CDC

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has administered 350,627,188 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 407,550,175 doses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 349,787,479 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms…

Argentines stream through city streets to press for more jobs, food

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday to protest over poverty and a lack of jobs amid a lengthy economic crisis that has only deepened with the coronavirus pandemic. Organisations working with the unemployed and leftist groups led the protest…

Overnight fire extinguished at Mexican refinery: Pemex official

MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An intense blaze at Mexican national oil company Pemex’s largest refinery was quickly put out early on Saturday, according to a company official, but it remained unclear what sparked the fire. Local and social media had published images of bright orange flames burning near…

US wildfires: Eight reported missing in huge California wildfire

Greenville has been largely destroyed by the ferocious Dixie Fire LOS ANGELES, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US authorities said they were searching for eight people missing as a huge wildfire raged in northern California, leaving two towns in little more than cinders. The Dixie Fire, the largest active wildfire in the…

Haiti still seeking judge to probe president’s assassination

A portrait of late Haitian president Jovenel Moise is seen at a ceremony in his honor in Port-au-Prince PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s justice system is still struggling to find a judge willing to investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise a full month after he died, as magistrates…