Nigeria: Coronavirus patient attempts to escape from isolation centre
LAGOS, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 44-year-old Italian who tested positive for coronavirus in Nigeria on Thursday attempted to escape…
Togo’s Faure gets AU nod despite protests
President Faure Gnassingbe (right) shakes hand with people queuing to vote in Kara LOME, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo’s constitutional…
US postpones ASEAN regional summit due to coronavirus: US official
WASHINGTON, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has delayed aregional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas…
US, Taliban sign historic deal on Afghanistan’s future
DOHA, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on Saturday, laying out a…
New outbreak of African swine fever kills 3,000 pigs in Indonesia
A pig farm in Denpasar, Bali JAKARTA, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesia is tightening curbs on the transport of pigs…
Chinese scientist sentenced to prison in US for technology theft
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chinese scientist was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing next-generation battery technology…
Mexico says cruise ship can dock amid coronavirus fears
MEXICO CITY, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A cruise ship from the Miami-based cruise line MSC Cruises has docked at Cozumel, Mexico after…
Update: Anxious Italy looks to play down coronavirus risk as deaths rise to 17, cases to 650
Waiters stand by an empty restaurant in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, which would normally be full of tourists ROME, Feb…
Three Syrian soldiers wounded by Israeli fire near Golan: state media
DAMASCUS, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three Syrian soldiers werewounded by Israeli helicopter fire near the annexed Golan Heights…
Covid-19: Nigeria confirms coronavirus case, first in sub-Saharan Africa – minister
LAGOS, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria on Friday announced the firstconfirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The…