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Covid-19: US services sector ends decade of growth, contracts in April – survey

WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic slammed the US service sector in April, sending it contracting for the…

Sudan appoints first US ambassador in decades

The US shut its embassy in Khartoum between 1996 and 2002 KHARTOUM, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Veteran diplomat Noureldin Sati…

Covid-19: Brazilian Amazon mayor pleads for world help on virus

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mayor of Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon rainforest region, asked…

Covid-19: More than 15,000 deaths in Latin America

MONTEVIDEO, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 15,000 people have been killed by the novel coronavirus in Latin America and…

Covid-19: US deaths rise by 2,333 in 24 hours – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US coronavirus death toll climbed by 2,333 in the past 24 hours, a tally…

Covid-19: New York reports 15 child cases of rare disease linked to coronavirus

NEW YORK, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen children have been hospitalized in New York with a rare inflammatory disease possibly…

Covid-19: White House readies to scrap Trump’s coronavirus task force

WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the latest sign that the Trump administration no longer considers the coronavirus pandemic its…

Covid-19: US family ‘murdered shop guard for enforcing mask policy’

Calvin Munerlyn was shot dead on Friday FLINT (Michigan, US), May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman has been charged along…

Venezuela detains two Americans over speedboat incursion

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met members of the Armed Forces after the alleged coup attempt CARACAS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Covid-19: Doctor who treated first US patient fears second wave

Dr George Diaz WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The doctor who treated the first Covid-19 patient in the United States…