Tilting Venezuela oil tanker threatens ‘environmental catastrophe’

CARACAS, Oct 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Trinidad and Tobago said that adamaged oil tanker off the island’s coast was “stable” after oppositionpoliticians in neighboring Venezuela warned of a potential “environmentalcatastrophe.” The damaged tanker, which is in the waters separating Venezuela andTrinidad and Tobago and is owned by Venezuelan state oil company…

Turkey Tests Russian S-400 Anti-Missile System

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, confirmed that, the Turkish army had been testing the Russian S-400 anti-missile defence systems. “It is true about the tests. They have been done and will continue,” Erdogan told reporters, after Friday prayers in Istanbul. Turkey’s purchase of the S-400…

Britain signs deal with Japan, its first major trade agreement post-Brexit

TOKYO, Oct 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain today signed a trade agreement with Japan, its first major post-Brexit trade deal just as negotiations on its pact with the European Union are still ongoing. AFP reported that the pact, which was agreed after just a few months of talks over the summer, would…

Trump, Biden clash over approach to COVID-19 at debate

W WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) — In their second and final debate of the presidential campaign, President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden clashed over the novel coronavirus less than two weeks before elections.   During the event at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump once again defended his approach…

A fair platform needed for Malaysia, US to address agri-commodity export issues

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (KPPK) believes that a fair platform is needed for the United States (US) and Malaysia to negotiate to address the allegations and claims that can adversely affect trade activities between both countries. Its Minister, Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman…

Three-man US-Russian crew returns to Earth from ISS

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN), Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts touched down on the Kazakhstan steppe on Thursday, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy…

US: 45 lawmakers urge administration to boycott Saudi-hosted G20

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forty-five American lawmakers have urged the US government to boycott next month’s G20 summit in Riyadh unless Saudi authorities address key human rights concerns. The letter from US Congress members to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo comes after European lawmakers passed a resolution this month…

Covid-19: Brazilian Pres Bolsonaro rejects Chinese vaccine

BRASILIA, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state. Health minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday alongside Sao Paulo’s Governor Joao Doria, a…

Covid-19: US hospitalisations hit two-month peak

WISCONSIN, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of COVID-19 patients in US hospitals hit 40,000 for the first time since August on Wednesday, as the nation battles a surge in infections led by Midwest states. Hospitals have seen a 36 per cent rise in coronavirus patients over the past four…

US presidential election: National Intelligence/FBI says Iran, Russia obtained voter registration information to influence public opinion

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian and Iran have both obtained US voter information and taken actions to influence public opinion ahead of the Nov 3 election, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said. Ratcliffe said Iran specifically had sent “spoofed” emails to Americans “designed to intimidate voters, incite social…
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