Covid-19: Argentina extends quarantine to Aug 2

Volunteers serve free food to residents inside the Fraga slum during a government-ordered lockdown BUENOS AIRES, July 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Argentine government announced that it has extended the national quarantine aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 to Aug 2. “Between July 18 and August 2, we will be…

Nigerian troops kill armed group leader, rescue 32 kidnapees

ABUJA, July 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Nigerian military on Friday confirmed a leader of an armed group had been killed and 32 kidnapped victims rescued in a raid in central Nigeria. The operation on Monday was launched at Tomayin village, a “notorious hideout for criminal elements” in the north-central state…

3 militants killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight

SRINAGAR, July 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three militants were killed Saturday in an ongoing fierce gunfight with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The gunfight broke out at village Amshipora of Shopian district, about 60 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. “A gunfight between…

UK police officer suspended after kneeling on black man’s neck during arrest: media

At the beginning of the clip, one of the officers, who was white, appears to be applying pressure to the man’s neck with his knee LONDON, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — London’s police force has suspended an officer pending an investigation after footage emerged of him kneeling on the side of…

Senior Iraqi army officer killed in Daesh attack near Baghdad

BAGHDAD, July 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — A commander of an Iraqi army’s brigade was killed on Friday in an attack by Daesh militants in the north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. “A terrorist act targeting a military vehicle in Tarmiyah area resulted in the killing of the commander…

Covid-19: Pres Trump not to issue national mask mandate

Pres Trump wore a face mask in public for the first time July 11 WASHINGTON, July 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — US President Donald Trump said he won’t issue an order at the national level mandating the use of masks, even as the United States continued to break its single-day coronavirus case…

63 migrants rescued, taken to Malta: report

Migrants arrive at the Boiler Wharf in Senglea, Malta VALLETTA, July 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — A group of 63 migrants rescued from their stalled boat which was taking in water in Malta’s search and rescue zone, have arrived in Malta, local media Times of Malta reported. The migrants were rescued earlier…

EU condemns US sanctions policy

BRUSSELS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s diplomatic chief attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions, after Washington opened the way to measures over Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said Washington’s secondary sanctions on those doing business…

Covid-19 resurgence poses biggest risk to US economy – IMF

WASHINGTON, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The dominant risk to the US economic recovery is a resurgence of COVID-19 cases that would force renewed business shutdowns, the International Monetary Fund warned Friday. The US government will need to do more in coming months to provide support to households and boost demand,…

Vaccination against measles, yellow fever for children in Africa ‘far outweighs’ covid-19 child death risk – study

PARIS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Continuing routine immunisations against diseases such as measles and yellow fever for children in Africa would far outweigh the risk of infant deaths from COVID-19, health experts said. As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts medical supplies and health services worldwide, millions of children are at heightened…