Chile Sees 2,205 COVID-19 Cases, 22 Deaths In A Day

SANTIAGO, Oct 30 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Chile registered 2,205 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 22 more deaths in 24 hours, raising the caseload to 1,688,454, and the pandemic death toll to 37,719, according to the Ministry of Health. The positivity rate in the past 24 hours was 2.95 percent…

Vietnam Posts 1.45-Billion-USD Trade Deficit In 10-Month Period

HANOI, Oct 30 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam recorded an estimated trade value of 537.31 billion U.S. dollars in the first 10 months of this year, up 22.2 percent year-on-year, with a trade deficit of 1.45 billion U.S. dollars, the General Statistics Office said yesterday. Specifically, the export revenue stood at 267.93…

Iran Slams New U.S. Sanctions As “Completely Contradictory Behaviour”

TEHRAN, Oct 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran slammed, last night, the latest U.S. sanctions against its entities as a “completely contradictory behaviour.” “A government that talks about an intention of returning to the nuclear deal, but continues (former U.S. President Donald) Trump’s policy of sanctions, is sending the message that, it…

Covid-19: Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK’s travel red list

LONDON, Oct 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Kingdom’s Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly. Effective Nov 1, Colombia, the…

Covid-19: Over 53% of Brazilians fully vaccinated, report says

BRASILIA, Oct 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s much-criticized anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive has already reached 53% of the population with full treatment, while 72% of patients have at least taken the initial dose, according to a health report. All doses combined, a total of 274,767,554 injections have been applied so far, the…

Panama Canal breaks freight record despite pandemic crisis

The Panama Canal had a record fiscal year 2021 with more tonnage transported through the waterway than ever before, despite a crisis in global port congestion, authorities said PANAMA CITY, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Panama Canal had a record fiscal year 2021 with more tonnage transported through the waterway…

Covid-19: Delta wave slowed US economic growth in third quarter

   WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The US economic expansion slowed dramatically in the third quarter to an annual rate of just two percent as consumer spending was choked by resurgent Covid-19 infections, the White House said.   The spread of the Delta variant of the virus over the summer…

Brazil emissions rose in 2020 despite pandemic: study

   BRASILIA, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 9.5 percent last year, mostly because of deforestation, a report said, making it one of the only major economies not to cut pollution as the pandemic hit.   Even as worldwide emissions fell seven percent in 2020 —…

Covid-19: WHO wants $23.4 bn for Covid plan

  GENEVA, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it needed $23.4 billion over the next 12 months for its plan to conquer Covid-19, urging the G20 to show some leadership and pay up.    WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus bluntly told the Group of 20 global powers, meeting…

Pope to visit Canada after indigenous school scandal

Pope Francis THE VATICAN, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis will visit Canada as the Catholic Church seeks to rebuild bridges with the indigenous community following a horrifying scandal of abuse at Church-run residential schools, the Vatican said.“The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the Holy Father to make…
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