Covid-19: UK says virus-related deaths rise to 50,000, second only to US

LONDON, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suspected and confirmed cases ofdeaths from the coronavirus outbreak in Britain have risen to 50,000,according to latest published data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures tallied allfatalities in which COVID-19 was suspected or mentioned on deathcertificates up to May 22. Its figure is significantly…

Covid-19: 20 journalists killed by coronavirus in Peru

LIMA, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 20 journalists have died from thecoronavirus outbreak in Peru, most of them infected while reporting on thepandemic, often with little protection, the country’s journalists’ unionreported. Peru is Latin America’s second worst-hit country after Brazil with more than 170,000 cases and 4,600 deaths. “As…

US Pres Trump can’t change G7 format: EU

BRUSSELS, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s chief diplomat warned President Donald Trump he did not have the power to change the formatof G7 summit, after the US leader said he wanted to invite several othercountries, including Russia. Russia was expelled from the club of the world’s leading industrial nationsin…

Tropical Storm Amanda death toll rises to 26 in Central America

SAN SALVADOR, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from Tropical Storm Amanda in Central America rose to 26 even as a new storm was forming in the Gulf of Mexico. El Salvador and neighboring Guatemala and Honduras were lashed by torrential rains and high winds after Amanda swept in…

US unrest: ‘I’m best for black community since Lincoln’, says Pres Trump

WASHINGTON, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pres Donald Trump has said again that he has done more for the US black community than any president with “the possible exception of another Republican President, the late, great, Abraham Lincoln”. Trump took a swipe at Joe Biden, the Democrat presidential hopeful for the…

US unrest: More large protests in US over George Floyd death, but violence falls

One of the biggest protests joined by Floyd’s relatives took place in his hometown of Houston, Texas WASHINGTON, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated, mainly peacefully, across the United States for an eighth night following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody. One…

French anti-racism protests defy police ban

Calls for justice for Adama Traoré, who died after being detained in 2016, have re-ignited in France PARIS, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people have joined protests in France over the 2016 death of a black man in police custody, defying police orders not to assemble due to coronavirus…

US unrest: Pope urges reconciliation, condemns racism and street violence

Pope Francis VATICAN CITY, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis called for national reconciliation in the United States, saying that while racism is intolerable, the street violence that has broken out is “self-destructive and self-defeating”. Francis broke his silence on the tensions in the United States, which has seen eight…

UK to change immigration rules for Hong Kong citizens if China passes law

A Hong Kong protester raises British National Overseas passport LONDON, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain will change its immigration rules and offer millions of people in Hong Kong “a route to citizenship” if China imposes new security laws, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.Writing in the Times, Johnson said the UK…

US unrest: ‘No justice, no peace’ – Tens of thousands in London protest death of Floyd

Demonstrators have come out in cities around the world in solidarity with Floyd LONDON, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Tens of thousands of people chanting “no justice, no peace, no racist police” marched through central London on Wednesday to protest against racism after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Floyd, an unarmed…