Mercosur/EU trade deal: “Time is pressing,” cautions Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO, Nov 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguayan foreign minister Francisco Bustillo leaves this week for Spain the first of a round of European countries ahead of the coming Mercosur summit to be held next month, under the presidency of Uruguay. Finalizing the Mercosur/European Union trade agreement is the focus of the…

US extends TikTok sale deadline to Dec 4

WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Treasury said it had extended by seven days the Nov 27 deadline given to the Chinese owner of TikTok to sell the popular social media platform. “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has granted ByteDance a one-week extension, from…

Sudan’s former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of coronavirus

KHARTOUM, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s former prime minister and top opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi died from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, his party said. The 84-year-old was the country’s last democratically elected prime minister before he was toppled in 1989 by now-ousted president Omar al-Bashir in a military coup.…

Covid-19: Latin America see surge in new cases

MEXICO CITY, Nov 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — MEXICO’s Health Ministry reported 10,335 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 1,070,487. The country recorded 858 more deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its COVID-19-related death toll to 103,597. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Nov 19Nov that…

UK expected to see worst recession in over 300 years: Chancellor of the Exchequer

LONDON, Nov 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The British economy is forecast to shrink by 11.3 percent this year, the worst recession in more than 300 years in the country as a result of the coronavirus crisis, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said. The chancellor told British lawmakers that the…

Bus, truck collide head on, killing 40 in SE Brazil

Wreckage of a bus that was carrying employees of a textile company remains on the road shoulder SAO PAULO, Nov 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — A doubledecker bus transporting textile factory workers collided head on with a truck in southeastern Brazil’s Sao Paulo state on Wednesday, killing 40 people, the regional Fire…

Covid-19: UK records highest daily death toll since May 5

LONDON, Nov 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 696 to 56,533, marking the highest daily death number since May 5, according to official figures. Another 18,213 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,557,007,…

Covid-19: Cases worldwide top 60 million as WHO urges people to stay active

PARIS, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 60 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to a tally from official sources. In total 60,014,291 infections, including 1,415,258 million deaths, have been recorded around the world since the pandemic emerged in China late last year. The tallies,…

Covid-19: Pres Macron loosens coronavirus restrictions in France

PARIS, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron said some Coronavirus restrictions will be loosened in the country thanks to some improvement in the situation.“The worst of the second wave is over,” Macron said in a televised speech.Efforts to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus paid off, but must be continued now,…

Covid-19: Spain to provide vaccine for free, with priority for risk groups

MADRID, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus vaccines in Spain will be voluntary, free and first available to risk groups, according to a government vaccine plan presented by Health Minister Salvador Illa.Once the national drug authority grants approval for a vaccine, vaccinations could begin immediately, probably in January, the minister said during…