Nuclear weapons spending swelled $1.4 bn amid pandemic: report
GENEVA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Even as the pandemic raged and economies around the world were devastated, nuclear-armed countries last…
Covid-19: Global deaths toll reach 3.7 million
PARIS, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,739,777 people since the outbreak emerged in China…
Brazil deploys national guard to contain outbreak of violence in Manaus
MANAUS (Amazonia, Brazil), June 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Justice Minister Anderson Torres gave the green light for national forces to…
Moscow, in response to sanctions, bans nine Canadian citizens from entering Russia
From left to right, David Lametti, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, Anne Kelly, commissioner of the Correctional…
Canada Islamophobia: Muslim family of four killed in ‘premeditated’ truck attack
People gather at a makeshift memorial at the fatal crime scene where a man driving a pickup truck jumped the…
Covid-19: Excited but nervous, a million Mexican children return to classrooms
MEXICO CITY, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a million Mexican schoolchildren returned to classrooms around the country on Monday…
Covid-19: US sends emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh
WASHINGTON/DHAKA, June 8 (NNN-BSS) — The United States (US) Monday delivered to Bangladesh its most recent shipment of emergency medical…
US seeks ‘common approach’ on possible China Olympics boycott
WASHINGTON, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Washington reiterated its desire to forge a “common approach” with allies over a possible boycott…
US eyes possible trade deal with Taiwan: Sec of State Blinken
WASHINGTON, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will soon start discussing a trade deal with Taiwan, Secretary of State…
Haiti postpones June 27 referendum, citing Covid
PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti postponed a constitutional referendum scheduled for June 27 citing the coronavirus pandemic, but did…