Americas

Covid-19: Rich nations have cornered half of future vaccine supply – Oxfam

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of wealthy nations representing 13 per cent of the global population have already…

US: Pres Trump raises questions about TikTok-Oracle deal if ByteDance ties remain

 Donald Trump has questioned the proposed TikTok-Oracle deal, saying he doesn’t like it ‘conceptually’ WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US…

US wildfires: Fires continue to rage in West Coast as smoke reaches Europe

Devastating wildfires that have ravaged the US West Coast spread across the country and even reached Europe LOS ANGELES, Sept…

US announces charges against Chinese, Malaysian hackers

The five Chinese citizens and two Malaysians are accused of hacking more than 100 companies in the US WASHINGTON, Sept…

US: Hurricane Sally swamps Gulf Coast with massive floods, ‘unreal’ rain

The coastal community of Pensacola, Florida, suffered up to 1.5m of flooding GULF SHORES (Alabama, US), Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hurricane…

Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state; wants to become a republic

Queen Elizabeth, seen here visiting Barbados in 1977, is the island nation’s head of state BRIDGETOWN, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Arab Normalisation Agreements With Israel Serve Netanyahu, Trump: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (NNN-WAFA) – The Arab normalisation agreements with Israel is “poor play” that serves Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin…

Covid-19: Canada-US border closure to be extended another 30 days

OTTAWA, Sept. 17 (NNN-Xinhua) – Canada and the United States areexpected to extend a ban on non-essential ground travel between…

Landmark 75th session of UNGA commences in largely virtual format amidst COVID- 19

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The landmark 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly has commenced amidst the…

Covid-19: Nearly 550,000 children in US test positive

Students study online at a recreation center in Los Angeles WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nearly 550,000 children in the…