Covid-19: Latest global developments

 PARIS, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:   . The coronavirus has killed at least 4,926,579 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources.    The US has suffered the most Covid-related deaths with…

Canada will look to make more temporary migrants permanent, minister says

Migrants, refugees, undocumented workers and their supporters rally outside the office Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino in Toronto, Ontario TORONTO, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada may extend the deadline of a programme created this year to give temporary residents working in key sectors a route to permanent residency, and is…

Ecuador President Lasso to be investigated for tax fraud after Pandora Papers leak

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso QUITO, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said it has opened a preliminary investigation against President Guillermo Lasso for tax fraud, after an opposition leader presented allegations against him linked to the Pandora Papers leak. Former presidential candidate and indigenous leader Yaku Perez called…

Update: American actor Alec Baldwin fatally shoots woman with prop gun on movie set

Alec Balwin is a co-producer of the film Rust, which was being filmed in New Mexico  LOS ANGELES, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set. Police in the US…

Canada hospitals use drones to carry lungs for transplant – a global first

   TORONTO, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the dark of night, a drone takes off from a Toronto hospital rooftop, the hum of its rotors barely audible over the bustling sounds of the cars and pedestrians below in Canada’s largest metropolis.    On its maiden flight, with a bird’s-eye view of…

WHO chief vows ‘profound transformation’ of agency after abuse scandal in 10 countries

  GENEVA, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s chief promised a “profound transformation” of the global body following allegations of rape and other sexual abuse by its staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo.   An independent commission of enquiry released a devastating report on Sept 28 that found…

Thailand To Welcome Vaccinated Travellers From 46 Low-Risk Countries, Including Malaysia

By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Oct 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Thailand is to welcome fully vaccinated visitors starting Nov 1 from 46 low-risk countries and territories including Malaysia, with the visitors exempted from quarantine. Visitors from countries and territories that will skip mandatory quarantine include Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong,…

Covid-19: Latin America will take ‘many years’ to recover from pandemic damage, says IMF

   WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — It will take “many years” for Latin American and Caribbean nations to recover from the economic damage inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the IMF warned.    “They should anticipate a long and winding road ahead, with setbacks along the way, as the damage brought by…

US: Woman dead after shooting by prop firearm on Alec Baldwin movie set; a man also injured

A woman has died after being shot during the filming of a movie starring Alec Baldwin LOS ANGELES, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman has died after being shot during the filming of a movie starring Alec Baldwin, US law enforcement officers said. The incident happened on a set in…

Pres Biden: US would defend Taiwan against China

US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at Baltimore Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland BALTIMORE, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said the United States would defend Taiwan if the island were attacked by China, which considers it part of its territory. “Yes,” he…
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