US presidential elections: Early voting surges as Trump, Biden make late push

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A record 90 million Americans have voted early in the US presidential election, as President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned across the country to try to sway the few remaining undecided voters. The high number of early voters, about 65 per cent of…

COVID-19: Brazil’s death toll nears 160,000; Mexico reports 91,753 deaths; elective surgeries resumed in Chile

 An employee wearing protective gear disinfects a shopping mall in Caxias do Sul, Brazil BRASILIA, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — BRAZIL registered 407 deaths in the last 24 hours from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 159,884, the Ministry of Health said. Meanwhile, 18,947 new cases of…

France stabbing: Tunisian, French presidents talk over phone – Tunisian presidency

TUNIS, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron over bilateral ties and the knife attack that took place on Thursday in France’s Nice, said Tunisian presidency. Saied expressed his condemnation of all forms of violence and terrorism and…

Covid-19: Africa’s confirmed cases pass 1.77 mln mark

Kibera slum residents queue during COVID-19 mass testing exercise in Nairobi, Kenya ADDIS ABABA, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The number of confirmed cases in the African continent has reached 1,773,351, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in…

Covid-19: England to enter month-long lockdown from Thursday as UK join million-case mark

People walk outside Southbank Centre in London LONDON, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England will enter a month-long lockdown from Thursday in a bid to quell the resurgence of the coronavirus. “Now is the time to take action because there is no alternative,” Johnson…

Covid-19: US reports nearly 100,000 daily cases, setting new global record

People wearing face masks visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States reported nearly 100,000 COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting the highest single-day number of cases recorded around the world. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 99,750 new COVID-19…

France: Suspect arrested in Lyon after attack on Orthodox priest

A woman walks past the Greek Orthodox church after a priest was shot Saturday PARIS, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A suspect has been arrested after the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest outside his church in the French city of Lyon. The priest, who was shot at around 4 pm…

Covid-19: Greece to shut most bars, restaurants in country for a month from Tuesday

A woman stands outside a closed restaurant in Thessaloniki, Greece ATHENS, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece will expand a night-time curfew on movement and shut restaurants and bars in the most populous areas of the country for one month from Tuesday Nov 3 to contain a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.…

Armenia, Azerbaijan trade fresh accusations of Karabakh attacks

An Azerbaijani state flag behind the front window of a building, which was damaged by shelling in the town of Barda, Azerbaijan YEREVAN/BAKU, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenia and Azerbaijan once more accused each other of bombing residential areas on Saturday, in defiance of a pact to avoid the deliberate…

Three in custody in France following Nice attack

People light candles outside the basilica in Nice where a knife attacker killed three people PARIS, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A third person was taken into custody in France in connection with a knife attack which left three dead in Nice on Thursday, a police source said. An assailant beheaded…