Covid-19: Brazil resumes publishing toll, criticizes WHO

BRASILIA, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s government resumed publishing the country’s total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic after facing accusations of trying to hide the magnitude of its raging health crisis. President Jair Bolsonaro’s government had stopped publishing the total number of deaths from the new coronavirus Friday, saying…

US unrest/Covid-19: Washington troops hit with coronavirus after protests

WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of the Washington DC national guard have tested positive for coronavirus in the wake of their deployment during recent protests in the US capital, the guard said. DC National Guard spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Brooke Davis said they could not reveal the number of positive…

US unrest: Pres Trump calls police injury to elderly protester ‘set up’

WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump suggested that an elderly man bleeding from the head after he was shoved to the ground by US riot police was a far-left agitator faking the shocking incident. “I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a…

Covid-19: World economy to contract at least 6% in 2020 – OECD

PARIS, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global economy will contract at least six percent this year due to economic shutdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the OECD said Wednesday, warning that recovery will be “slow and uncertain”. In the case of a second wave of contagion later in the year, world…

UN welcomes reopening of major Libyan oilfields

TRIPOLI, June 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed the reopening of two major oilfields which were closed by tribal leaders in January to protest against the UN-backed government. The UNSMIL said in a statement that it “welcomes the opening of the Sharara and El…

Covid-19: Cuba’s first medical brigade combating coronavirus in Italy returns home

Cuban doctors and nurses arrives at Italy’s Malpensa airport to help Italy fight the spread of coronavirus disease HAVANA, June 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The 52-member medical brigade on a mission to help Italy’s Lombardy region combat the COVID-19 pandemic returned to Cuba on Monday. The Cuban health workers were received…

Fossil of 2 million year old frog found in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said. “We know very little about prehistoric frogs and toads,” said Federico Agnolin, a researcher…

Covid-19: Armenian Prime Minister says he recovered from virus

YEREVAN, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his family have recovered from the coronavirus, the leader of the ex-Soviet country badly hit by the pandemic said. “We have just received the results of our repeat tests,” Pashinyan, 45, said on Facebook. All of his tests and…

Rise in complaints against French police as public anger mounts

PARIS, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s police watchdog said it had received almost 1,500 complaints against officers last year, as the country reels from protests against perceived racism and brutality. About half of the complaints were for alleged violence against civilians, according to a report of the IGPN watchdog, with…

Covid-19: More than 20,000 shops reopen in Argentine capital

Argentina has lifted lockdown restrictions in 18 of 24 provinces BUENOS AIRES, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 20,000 clothes and shoe shops in Buenos Aires were allowed to open as Argentina began a gradual reopening following more than two months of coronavirus lockdown. Until now, only businesses deemed essential…