Covid-19: Venezuela starts clinical trials of Russia’s vaccine

CARACAS, Oct 17 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said that 2,000 volunteers are participating in the clinical trials of Sputnik, the Russian COVID-19 vaccine. “The Russian vaccine is here and the tests have already begun… In addition, thousands of Chinese vaccines will come to the country,” Maduro said during a…

Covid-19: Cuba thanks France’s vaccine cooperation

HAVANA, Oct 17 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuba thanked France’s support and cooperation for developing vaccines in the Caribbean nation, according to official sources. On Twitter, the Finlay Institute of Vaccines (IFV) highlighted the excellent collaboration relations that have been forged during the last two years between France and IFV. French…

Venezuela guarantees food despite US blockade: Pres Maduro

CARACAS, Oct 17 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said that the people’s food will always be a priority of the State, despite the US coercive and unilateral measures that limit the acquisition of those resources. In order to celebrate World Food Day on Friday, the head of State…

Afghanistan: 3 policemen killed as roadside bomb strikes police van

CHARIKAR (Afghanistan), Oct 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three policemen including a senior officer were killed and another was injured as a roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in east Afghanistan’s Parwan province on Saturday, provincial government spokesperson Wahida Shahkar said. “The deadly roadside bombing took place in the morning rush hour…

Update: Azerbaijan and Armenia allege truce violations, accuse each other in shelling

Search and rescue teams work on the blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan BAKU, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Saturday of attacks in violation of a Russian-brokered truce, as…

Covid-19: Germany sees 7,000 new infections for first time

BERLIN, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany has confirmed more than 7,000 new coronavirus infections for the first time, its second consecutive daily record. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s national disease control center, said early Friday that 7,334 new cases were confirmed in the previous 24 hours. That compares with 6,638…

UK ready to walk away without ‘fundamental change’ from EU, the trade talks are over: PM Johnson

LONDON, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain said there was no point in holding any more Brexit talks without a dramatic softening of the EU’s position, bringing a potentially nasty divorce at the end of the year a step closer. Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded after a European Union summit on…

Covid-19: EU medicine agency could approve 3 vaccines early next year – Report

MILAN, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Medicines Agency could approve three COVID-19 vaccines early next year, its Executive Director Guido Rasi said on Friday. “If everything goes well, in the first months of 2021, there could be three vaccines approved by EMA. But everything has to go well. There’s…

Covid-19: Daily cases surge above 10,000 in Italy for first time

ROME, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy has registered 10,010 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, the highest daily tally since the start of the country’s outbreak and up from the previous record of 8,804 posted on Thursday. The ministry also reported 55…

Missile strikes on Azerbaijan cities after separatist capital shelled

GANJA (Azerbaijan), Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A missile strike levelledseveral homes in Azerbaijan’s second city of Ganja on Saturday, with oneresident witnessing seven victims pulled out of the rubble. The strike, which came hours after a shelling attack on the Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert, marked a new escalation in the three-weekconflict…