MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico said its coronavirusdeath toll had risen above 100,000, becoming the world’s fourth country topass the grim milestone. “Today in Mexico we have 100,000 people who have lost their lives due toCovid-19,” deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told a news conference. The health ministry…

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The border closure between the United States and its two neighbors, Canada and Mexico, will be extended until Dec 21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the US secretary of homelandsecurity announced Thursday. “In order to continue to prevent the spread of COVID, the US, Mexico,…

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US registered more than 2,200 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally on Thursday, a record high since May as the pandemic surges across the country. The number of cases at 8:30pm (0030 GMT Friday) was…

WILMINGTON (Delawae, US), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden accused Donald Trump of brazenly damaging democracy, as theincumbent’s campaign to reverse his election loss through fraud claims wasdealt another blow with a recount in Georgia. Trump was behind “incredibly damaging messages being sent to the rest ofthe world…

LOS ANGELES, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California’s governor ordered a curfew placed on all indoor social gatherings and non-essential activities outside the home across most of the state in a major escalation of measures to curb an alarming surge in coronavirus infections.The limited stay-at-home restrictions will go into effect from…

President Sebastian Pinera SANTIAGO, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile’s police chief resigned after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy-handed security force tactics during months of social protests.President Sebastian Pinera said in a statement he had accepted the Thursday resignation…