Americas

Venezuela’s military to escort Iranian tankers bringing petrol

Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino  CARACAS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The Venezuelan military will escort Iranian tankers delivering much-needed petrol to the…

Covid-19: Infections top 5 million worldwide

PARIS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global infections from the novelcoronavirus passed five million as the pandemic played outunevenly across the…

Covid-19: China rebuts US Pres Trump accusation of coronavirus ‘mass killing’

BEIJING, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China offered a low-key rebuttal to United States President Donald Trump’s accusation of mass killing,…

Covid-19: UK healthcare workers begin hydroxychloroquine trial

LONDON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British healthcare workers on Thursday begin taking part in a University of Oxford-led international trial…

Covid-19: US secures 300 million doses of potential AstraZeneca vaccine

WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has secured almost a third of AstraZeneca’s one billion possible COVID-19 vaccine…

Pres Trump announces US to exit open skies treaty, accusing Russia of violation

WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration notified international partners on Thursday that it is pulling out of a…

Covid-19: Prime Minister Trudeau puts on mask, Canadians urged to do same

OTTAWA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he now wears a face mask in public when…

North Korea halting talks with US until election is over, Russia says

MOSCOW, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea has halted talks with the United States until the results of the US…

Covid-19: Peru passes 100,000 cases, 3,000 dead

LIMA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Peru has become the second Latin American country after Brazil to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases,…

Covid-19: Bolivian health minister held for corruption over ventilators – police chief

LA PAZ, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s health minister has been arrested on suspicion of corruption related to the over-priced…