US unrest: At least 19 injured in separate New York City shootings

Police officers monitor a protest over the death of George Floyd in New York NEW YORK, June 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 13 shootings have happened across New York City since early Saturday, injuring at least 19 people, local media reported. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) said…

Covid-19: Greece extends lockdown at migrant camps

A migrant boy from the Moria camp in Lesbos waits to board a bus at Piraeus port in Athens ATHENS, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece announced another extension of the coronavirus lockdown on its teeming migrant camps, hours after some 2,000 people protested in central Athens to mark World Refugee…

US accuses UN body of hypocrisy after condemnation of US police brutality

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of hypocrisy after the organisation condemned racism and police brutality in the US following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. Pompeo said the 47-member forum’s unanimous resolution on…

Covid-19: US halts test of Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients

ROCKVILLE (Maryland, US), June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US National Institutes of Health said it has halted a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The study found that hydroxychloroquine, which President Donald Trump has frequently touted a…

Egypt warns of ‘direct intervention’ in Libya after ally east-based LNA suffers setback

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi CAIRO, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt’s president warned that advances by Turkey-backed Libyan forces on the Libyan city of Sirte could prompt an Egyptian military intervention in the neighbouring country in support of Cairo’s ally Khalifa Haftar. Meanwhile, Ankara has urged forces led by the…

Serbians head to polls in Europe’s first post-lockdown election

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic BELGRADE, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Serbians go to polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in Europe’s first national election since coronavirus lockdowns took effect some three months ago, with the ruling conservatives seen winning a comfortable majority. Polling stations will be equipped with face…

US unrest: Teenager killed in Seattle protest zone shooting, one wounded

Teenager killed in Seattle protest zone shooting, one wounded SEATTLE, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seattle police said they were investigating the fatal shooting of one person and wounding of another in a part of the city occupied by activists protesting against police brutality and racial inequality across America. The Seattle…

Update: Pres Trump fires US prosecutor who refused to quit – AG Barr

NEW YORK, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A high-profile US prosecutor who investigated allies of Donald Trump has been fired by the president after refusing to quit his job, Attorney General William Barr said. Geoffrey Berman, who was head of the powerful Southern District of New York attorney’s office, had refused…

Covid-19: US sees 568 more deaths as infections rise

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States lost another 568 people to the new coronavirus in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 pm Saturday, according a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It marked the 10th day in which the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than…

Covid-19: Latin America and Caribbean top 2 million cases

MONTEVIDEO, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Latin America and the Caribbean on Saturday surpassed two million coronavirus cases, with Brazil home to more than half of the infections, according to official figures. The virus is accelerating its spread in the region, an outbreak hotspot with 2,007,621 confirmed cases. Brazil, Latin America’s…