Covid-19: Leaders warn Africa short of funds to fight pandemic
South African president and African Union chairman Cyril Ramaphosa said the coronavirus represents a setback to the continent’s progress WASHINGTON,…
Covid-19: Horrors revealed at Canada nursing home – unfed and deaths after caregivers fled
Flowers outside the Herron private nursing home in Dorval, west of Montreal MONTREAL, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Elderly residents left…
Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world
Haze from nearby wildfires shrouds buildings in Kiev KIEV, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fires around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant…
Covid-19: US Pres Trump announces $19 bn relief for farmers amid epidemic
WASHINGTON, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump announced a $19 billion financial rescue package to help the US agriculture…
Covid-19: WHO says others will revise virus death tolls like China
GENEVA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said that many countries would likely follow China in revising up…
Covid-19: The powerful chief of staff to Nigeria’s president Buhari died of virus
Abba Kyari (right) with Pres Buhari ABUJA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Abba Kyari, one of the closest advisers to Nigerian…
Covid-19: Most sailors on US carrier with coronavirus are asymptomatic
WASHINGTON, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tests on the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, which was struck by…
Covid-19: US surpasses 700,000 cases; 36,000 deaths – tracker
WASHINGTON, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Friday passed 700,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally maintained…
Covid-19: Europe’s death toll passes 80,000
PARIS, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Coronavirus pandemic keeps taking its toll across Europe, one of the worst-hit regions in the world,…
Covid-19: ‘Liberate’ states protesting against lockdown – US Pres Trump
Protesters took to the streets in Michigan to protest the ‘excessive quarantine’ WASHINGTON, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump…