Parking Lot Shooting In Indiana Leaves Two Dead, Two Injured

CHICAGO, Jun 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two people were killed and two others injured, after a shooting in a parking lot, in the north-east of Indianapolis, capital of U.S. Midwest state of Indiana, early yesterday morning. Police officers responded to a report of shots fired just after 2.00 a.m., where they…

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Docks To Space Station

WASHINGTON, Jun 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday morning, for resupply mission. The spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing side of the ISS Harmony module, at 5:09 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. NASA astronauts, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, were…

Morocco, U.S. To Hold Annual Military Drills

RABAT, Jun 6 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco and the United States will hold a joint military drill, with the participation of other foreign troops, from tomorrow, June 7-18, in several regions in Morocco. The 17th edition of the annual military exercises named “African Lion” will be joined by troops from Britain,…

Mexico To Hold Largest Mid-Term Elections In History

MEXICO CITY, Jun 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mexico is gearing up for the largest mid-term elections in its history tomorrow, with tens of thousands of candidates vying to fill more than 20,000 public posts, according to electoral authorities. The race to watch, said political observers, is the one to fill the…

Canada’s Jobless Rate Edges Up In May

OTTAWA, Jun 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Canada’s unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percent to 8.2 percent in May, Statistics Canada said. The country’s jobless rate rose for a second month under third-wave restrictions, with about 68,000 out of job in May, due to governments’ strengthened lockdown measures, to stem the spread…

Facebook Suspends Trump’s Accounts For Two Years Under New Rules For Public Figures

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Facebook yesterday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump, for two years, the maximum penalty under a newly revealed set of rules for suspending public figures, from its former ban, set on Jan 7, 2021. “We are announcing new enforcement protocols, to be applied in…

Aid Plan To Help Feed One-Third Of Chad’s Population Launched: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5 (NNN-IRIN) – The United Nations and humanitarian partners yesterday launched a 617-million U.S. dollar relief plan, to help feed nearly one-third of the population in Chad. Some 5.5 million people need humanitarian assistance this year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.…

Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 470,000

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 4 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil registered 1,682 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 469,388, the health ministry said yesterday. A total of 83,391 new infections were detected, raising the caseload to 16,803,472, the ministry said. Brazil has the world’s…

Next Round Of Vienna Nuke Deal Talks Could Be Conclusive: Iran’s Top Negotiator

TEHRAN, Jun 4 (NNN-IRNA) – The next round of talks in Vienna, to revive the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, could be conclusive and lead to an agreement, the head of Iran’s negotiating team, Abbas Araqchi, said yesterday. “Today (yesterday), after almost 10 days of intensive work, we have reached a…

Chicago To Fully Reopen On Jun 11

CHICAGO, Jun 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, announced yesterday that, the U.S. third largest city will fully reopen on Jun 11, in line with the date of reopening of the U.S. Midwest state of Illinois, ordered by Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker. The date is three weeks earlier than…
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