Covid-19: Brazil’s death toll surpasses 400,000

BRASILIA, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Brazil’s death toll in the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 400,000, as the country struggled to secure enough vaccines and the Senate investigated whether President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has exacerbated the crisis. The health ministry reported 3,001 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing Brazil’s overall…

Covid-19: Edinburgh Castle reopens as Scottish Covid rules ease

EDINBURGH, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heritage sites reopen across Scotland for the first time this year on Friday and after the longest closure since World War II, as coronavirus restrictions are gradually eased. Edinburgh Castle is one of more than 20 ticketed venues and over 200 free attractions run by…

Covid-19: First US emergency aid supplies arrive in India

WASHINGTON, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A military plane on Friday brought the first US emergency coronavirus supplies to help India battle its devastating surge in the pandemic. A Super Galaxy military transporter carrying more than 400 oxygen cylinders and other hospital equipment and nearly one million rapid coronavirus tests landed…

Covid-19: Worldwide cases pass 150 million

PARIS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Worldwide Covid-19 cases passed 150 million on Friday with numbers soaring recently due to a relentless second wave in India. 150.3 million cases have been declared since the virus was first discovered in China in December 2019, according to a compilation of official data. Worldwide,…

Brexit: European Parliament ratifies EU-UK trade deal

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the debate on the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement BRUSSELS, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Parliament on Wednesday ratified the agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK)…

Chad interim leader vows talks after deadly anti-junta protests

N’DJAMENA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chad’s new junta leader pledged national dialogue as at least five people died on Tuesday during banned protests against his generals, who took power after the shock battlefield death of his father and veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno. Deby’s 37-year-old son Mahamat, who heads the so-called…

Albania PM hails ‘sweetest’ election victory

Leader of the Socialist Party Edi Rama TIRANA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told supporters they had delivered his Socialist Party’s “most difficult but sweetest” election victory, as almost complete results suggested he had clinched a record third term in office. The election commission said the…

US orders big drawdown at Kabul embassy as troops leave

While the official start to the withdrawal of US’s 2,500 to 3,500 troops and NATO’s 7,000 allied forces is May 1, General Austin Miller says the pullout has already begun WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The State Department ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the US Embassy in…

US shooting: Lawyers say black man killed by North Carolina police hit with ‘kill shot’ to back of head

Demonstrators march as they demand the release of body camera footage of the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina ELIZABETH CITY (North Carolina, US). April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lawyers for the family of a black man gunned down last week by police in North Carolina…

US racism: Man charged with attempted murder over attack on Chinese immigrant in New York

Jarrod Powell (left) allegedly attacked Ma Yao Pan from behind, knocking him down and kicking him in the head multiple times NEW YORK, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A New York City man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with attempted murder in what police have classified as a hate crime…