US presidential election: 25th Amendment provides for transfer of power if US president incapacitated

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Like two US presidents before him, Donald Trump, who has tested positive for coronavirus, could invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to temporarily hand over power to the vice president in the event he becomes incapacitated. Adopted in 1967, the 25th Amendment lays out…

UK looks to EU to break Brexit talks impasse

BRUSSELS, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain and the European Union said post-Brexit trade talks remained deadlocked on key areas, as London urged Brussels to give ground to avoid a damaging “no-deal” at the end of the year. Both sides have pinpointed a European summit on Oct 15 as the latest…

Covid-19: US cases surpass 7.3 mln – Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Oct 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 7.3 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. U.S. COVID-19 case count rose to 7,303,914, with the national death toll reaching 208,304, as…

Russian editor dies after setting herself on fire – Local media

Irina Slavina was the editor-in-chief of the KozaPress news website in the city of Nizhniy Novgorod MOSCOW, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Russian news editor has died after setting herself on fire in front of an interior ministry office in the city of Nizhniy Novgorod, local media report. Irina Slavina…

France: Pres Macron vows to fight ‘Islamist separatism’

French President Emmanuel Macron PARIS, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans for tougher laws to tackle what he called “Islamist separatism” and defend secular values. In a keenly awaited speech, Macron said a minority of France’s estimated six million Muslims were in danger of forming…

Covid-19: Coronavirus still likely to be spreading exponentially, UK says

LONDON, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British government scientists said it was still likely that a resurgence in the COVID-19 epidemic was spreading exponentially despite survey data that suggested a small levelling off in a recent sharp rise of cases. The Office for National Statistics had said there was some evidence that the…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complications. Here’s a look at other leaders…

Covid-19: US president has mild symptoms, but moved to hospital – White House

Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump moved to a hospital facility on Friday following a positive Covid-19 test that forced officials to cancel White House events and postpone travel, injecting new uncertainty into the final stretch of the 2020 election campaign. Trump,…

Mexican president sees U.S. election link to migrant caravan

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he suspected an ulterior motive behind a caravan of more than 2,000 migrants from Central America that set out just a month before the US presidential election. Lopez Obrador, who has…

Covid-19: Illegal crossings at Zimbabwe-South Africa border after reopening

Hundreds were arrested after trying to smuggle groceries into Zimbabwe PRETORIA/HARARE, Oct 3 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Zimbabwean street vendor Memory Chauke did not get very far when she hopped over a fence into neighbouring South Africa on the first day its borders reopened after a six-month closure due to the coronavirus…