Covid-19: Argentina confirms 329,043 cases, 6,730 deaths
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Argentine Health Ministry on Friday confirmed 8,159 new COVID-19 cases and 213 more…
Brazil military plane flew illegal Amazon miners to meet minister: prosecutors
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian prosecutors alleged that a military airplane was inappropriately used to fly a group of…
Iran’s FM Says U.S. Has “No Right” To Restore Sanctions
TEHRAN, Aug 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said, in a letter to the rotating chairman of…
13 of 15-member UN Security Council oppose US push for Iran sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States was further isolated over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on…
Covid-19: Brazil’s squalid jails get even worse as pandemic spreads
More than 17,300 inmates have been infected and nearly 100 have died, according to the National Penitentiary Department BRASILIA, Aug…
Update: California fires double in size, flames approach university campus; 6 dead, 43 injured
LOS ANGELES (California, US). Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California’s lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the…
Covid-19: Russia to send 2,000 doses of vaccine to Mexico for testing
MEXICO, Aug 22 (NNN-TASS) — Mexico will receive 2,000 doses of theSputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Russia for the third…
Covid-19: EU, CureVac in advanced talks for 225 million vaccine doses
GETTY IMAGES BRUSSELS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission and German biotech firm CureVac said they had concluded a…
Covid-19: Brazil sees new job creation jump in July
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil saw 131,010 formal jobs added in July, the first uptick in job creation since March, the Ministry of Economy…
California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California as more people fled…