Brazil deforestation 94pc illegal: report
BRASILIA, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The vast majority of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is illegal, and President Jair Bolsonaro’s…
French Pres Macron hosts summit on post-Covid Africa finance
PARIS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for…
Update: Record 5,000 migrants reach Spain’s Ceuta enclave in one day
CEUTA (Spain), May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 5,000 migrants, about a thousand of them minors, reached Spain’s North African…
UN vote on call to stop arms supply to Myanmar postponed
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi casts her ballot for the Nov 8, 2020 general election at Union Election Commission…
Covid-19: Brazil to receive ingredients from China for 25 million vaccine shots in coming days
The Fiocruz biomedical centre will receive two lots of ingredients for 18 million AstraZeneca shots on Saturday, while the Butantan…
Covid-19: US weekly deaths fall to lowest in 14 months
Jane Hassebroek waits in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination outside the American Museum of Natural History, with her family…
ICC warns foreign fighters in Libya they could face prosecution
UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Criminal Court warned mercenaries and foreign troops in war-torn Libya that they could…
Covid-19: Germany to offer free shots for all adults from June 7
BERLIN, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany will stop restricting coronavirus vaccines to more vulnerable groups from June 7, paving the way for…
Covid-19: ‘Up to 10 years needed’ to vaccinate Venezuela at current rate
A teacher receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a public school in Caracas CARACAS, May 18…
Covid-19: Pres Biden to send 20 million doses of US-authorised vaccines abroad for first time
WASHINGTON, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden will send at least 20 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by…