Covid-10: Volunteer in Oxford Covid vaccine test dies in Brazil – officials

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A volunteer participating in clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University has died in Brazil, officials announced Wednesday, though media reports said he had received a placebo, not the test vaccine. It is the first death reported in the various…

Fiancee of Khashoggi, human rights group sue Saudi crown prince in US

Jamal Khashoggi, slain Saudi journalist WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a human rights group that he founded filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court on Tuesday with allegations that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince ordered him killed. The civil lawsuit, which seeks…

US blacklists Chinese entities, individuals for dealing with Iran

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it blacklisted two Chinese men and six Chinese entities for having dealt with Iranian shipping company Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and, in some cases, helping it to evade U.S. sanctions. The U.S. State Department named the entities as…

Fighting corruption requires cross-border coordination, 1MDB case cited

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — As corruption gets complicated and transnational, fighting corruption and money laundering cannot be achieved solely by any single institution or economy but requires working together to advance greater collaboration and cross-border coordination. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner, Datuk Seri Azam Baki in his keynote address at…

Paraguay Police Seize Record Haul Of Cocaine

ASUNCION, Oct 21 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Paraguayan police have seized a record 2.3 tonnes of cocaine, hidden in a charcoal shipment, headed for Israel, at a port in the city of Villeta, local media reported, yesterday. Police have arrested a former director of a public television channel, who is accused…

U.S. First Lady Cancels Campaign Trip Due To “Lingering Cough”

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. first lady, Melania Trump, on Tuesday, cancelled her scheduled campaign trip to key swing state, Pennsylvania, since she is still sick with “lingering cough,” according to her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham. “Mrs Trump continues to feel better every day, following her recovery from COVID-19, but…

Russia Ready To Freeze Nuclear Warheads Along With U.S. To Extend Arms Treaty

MOSCOW, Oct 21 (NNN-TASS) – Russia is ready to freeze the existing number of nuclear warheads, along with the United States, to extend bilateral New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by one year, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, yesterday. “This position of ours can be implemented strictly and exclusively,…

Child labour rising in Ghana and Ivory Coast’s cocoa farms – US-funded study finds

Children doing hazardous work has gone up in the world’s top cocoa producers ACCRA/ABIDJAN, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast during the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, academics said on Monday, largely supporting earlier…

US charges Russians with cyber attacks on Ukraine, French elections, Olympics

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine’s power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announced on Monday. The six GRU agents were also accused of staging…

Exiled former Pres Morales says will return to Bolivia after ally’s election victory

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales LA PAZ, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exiled former president Evo Morales signalled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce’s sweeping presidential election victory. Arce, a former economy minister under Morales, claimed victory in Sunday’s election after exit polls suggested a crushing triumph…
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