Update: MAS Luis Arce won Bolivia’s elections, according to exit poll

Luis Arce (center) celebrates with running mate David Choquehuanca (right) after exit poll results come in LA PAZ, Oct 19 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The candidate of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS), Luis Arce, won the Sunday presidential election in first round, according to an exit poll broadcast by the national…

Iran Hails End Of Arms Restrictions

TEHRAN, Oct 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry, earlier on Sunday, released a statement on the termination of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) arms restrictions and travel ban, saying, the “definitive and unconditional” termination requires no new resolution. “As of today (yesterday), all restrictions on the transfer of arms,…

Covid-19: Global cases surpass the 40 million milestone

Medical workers tend to a patient suffering from Covid-19 at a hospital in Strasbourg, eastern France LONDON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease. Experts believe the…

Chile: Churches burnt as thousands mark protest movement anniversary

Demonstrators start a fire inside the San Francisco de Borja church in Santiago SANTIAGO, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest movement that broke out last year demanding…

Bolivia’s Electoral Authorities begins declaring official results

LA PAZ, Oct 19 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivia’s electoral authorities begin releasing official preliminary results of the vote count that is taking place in the country after over 7 million citizens went to the polls Sunday. After three hours of vote counting, the Supreme Court (TSE) revealed that the Movement Towards…

US: A man asks to speak to Pres Trump while hanging from one of his towers

CHICAGO (US), Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A young man on Sunday climbed the Trump Tower in Chicago and threatened to cut his rope and jump if he was not allowed to speak to US President Donald Trump. Chicago Police spokesman Tom Ahern said that the man is in his 20s, and…

Covid-19: Brazil’s death toll nears 154,000

An aerial view of a gravedigger standing at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery where COVID-19 victims are buried daily, in the neighbourhood of Taruma, in Manaus, Brazil BRASILIA, Oct 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil on Sunday reported 230 more people died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past day, raising…

US: Wildfires burn over 4.1 mln acres in California – Cal Fire summary

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — There have been over 8,600 wildfires that have burned more than 4.1 million acres (16,592 square km) in the US state of California since the beginning of this year, according to the fire summary released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection…

US shooting: 2 die in US city Oakland

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two people were killed in separate shootings in Northern California’s Oakland early Sunday, according to the local police. Officers found a woman dead at the scene with at least one gunshot wound on MacArthur Boulevard at about 1 am, authorities said. About 90 minutes…

US presidential election: Pres Trump and democrat rival Biden hit the trail in a charged election week

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden hit the ground in the swing states that will decide the US election, as the campaign turns increasingly vicious 16 days before voting. Trump, scrambling to make up lost ground, is on a furious multi-state barnstorming tour, hopping…
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