Covid-19: Brazil’s squalid jails get even worse as pandemic spreads
More than 17,300 inmates have been infected and nearly 100 have died, according to the National Penitentiary Department BRASILIA, Aug…
Update: California fires double in size, flames approach university campus; 6 dead, 43 injured
LOS ANGELES (California, US). Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California’s lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the…
Covid-19: Russia to send 2,000 doses of vaccine to Mexico for testing
MEXICO, Aug 22 (NNN-TASS) — Mexico will receive 2,000 doses of theSputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Russia for the third…
Covid-19: EU, CureVac in advanced talks for 225 million vaccine doses
GETTY IMAGES BRUSSELS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission and German biotech firm CureVac said they had concluded a…
Belarus launches criminal case against new opposition body
Minsk has been gripped by huge anti-Lukashenko rallies MINSK, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belarus launched a criminal case against a…
Libya crisis: Rival authorities announce ceasefire
Libya has been riven by violence since Col Muammar Gaddafi was deposed in 2011 TRIPOLI, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Libya’s rival authorities…
Covid-19: Brazil sees new job creation jump in July
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil saw 131,010 formal jobs added in July, the first uptick in job creation since March, the Ministry of Economy…
California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California as more people fled…
Covid-19: Africa’s confirmed cases near 1.16 mln amid call for strong mitigation efforts
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19cases in Africa surged to 1,158,217 as the death toll…
Covid-19: US cases surpass 5.6 mln
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 5.6 million on Friday,…