Libya: UN-recognised GNA forces bomb military convoy south of Tripoli

TRIPOLI, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces of Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) bombed a convoy of militias affiliated with renegade commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday.The GNA’s air force targeted the convoy, which included two armored vehicles belonging to the United Arab Emirates, after monitoring their movements on the…

Mexican president lashes out at companies over layoffs, taxes as big business seethes

Pres Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s president threw himself into a new confrontation with businesses on Wednesday, accusing big companies of not paying taxes and upbraiding others for laying off workers during the coronavirus crisis. Relations between President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and corporate…

Italy closes ports to migrant ships because of COVID-19

ROME, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity migrant boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision was taken after a ship operated by the German non-governmental group Sea-Eye picked up some 150 people off Libya and…

UK driver pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese found dead in truck

Maurice Robinson pleads guilty LONDON, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British lorry driver on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck in southeast England. Northern Ireland man Maurice Robinson, 25, was arrested shortly after the bodies of 31 men and eight women from…

Covid-19: Virus-stricken Australian liner to dock in Uruguay

Medical workers transfer a passenger with COVID-19 from the Greg Mortimer cruise liner to an ambulance at Montevideo’s port MONTEVIDEO, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The virus-stricken Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer will be allowed to dock in Montevideo and the passengers will be flown home, Uruguay’s foreign ministry said. The…

COVID-19 reaches indigenous Yanomami people in Amazon

The Yanomami people live in remote areas of the Amazon BRASILIA, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil said a first case of COVID-19 had been detected among the Yanomami people, an Amazon indigenous group known for its remoteness and its vulnerability to foreign diseases. “Today we confirmed a case (of the virus)…

Covid-19: Greek health workers demonstrate over coronavirus conditions

Health workers in Greece calling for more help from the government to fight coronavirus  ATHENS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Greek healthcare workers demonstrated against working conditions and manpower and equipment shortages in public hospitals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The Tuesday demonstrations coincided with World Health Day, according to…

Germany, Luxembourg to take in migrant children from Greece

A school for camp children run by the Wave of Hope NGO in Mytilene, the capital and port of the Greek island of Lesbos BERLIN, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany plans to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors staying at overcrowded refugee camps in Greece, while Luxembourg has agreed…

UN delivers 90 tons of COVID-19 aid to Venezuela

CARACAS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A plane carrying 90 tons of UN health, water and sanitation aid arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday to help the cash-strapped country fight the coronavirus pandemic. The shipment includes 28,000 Personal Protective Equipment kits for health workers, oxygen concentrators, pediatric beds, water quality control products…

Update: Virus deaths soar in US, Europe as US Pres Trump sees light at end of tunnel

PARIS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States saw nearly 2,000 coronavirus deaths for a second day running as the toll soared again in Europe, despite US President Donald Trump’s insistence that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Governments are grappling with how to balance public safety…