Americas

Covid-19: World’s busiest border falls quiet with millions of Mexicans barred from US

SAN DIEOGO, US: File photo of a section of double fencing that sits along the US/Mexico border near Border Field…

Covid-19: California to release 3,500 non-violent prison inmates

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The prison system in the largest US state of California plans to release about…

Update: As Europe reels, US braces for staggering virus death toll

WASHINGTON, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Americans were told to bracefor “very painful” weeks ahead in a worsening coronavirus pandemic projected…

US: strong 6.5 magnitude quake hits state of Idaho

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit the western US state of Idaho on Tuesday with no…

Covid-19: US Army Corps to build hundreds of temporary hospitals for coronavirus crisis

NEW YORK, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US officials want to build hundreds of temporary hospitals across the country to cope…

Covid-19: US, Turkish presidents agree on efforts to combat virus

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump WASHINGTON/ANKARA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The presidents of US and Turkey…

Covid-19: Westerners in East Africa face virus hostility

East African countries have banned all international arrivals in airports NAIROBI, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panic over the global coronavirus…

Covid-19: USA Rugby files for bankruptcy as coronavirus worsens financial woes

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — USA Rugby, its financial troublesexacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, has filed for bankruptcy, thefederation…

US judge grants early release to Brazilian in FIFA corruption scandal

NEW YORK, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A federal judge in New Yorkgranted the release from prison on humanitarian grounds of…

Covid-19: Worldwide lockdown hardens as Spain sees deadliest day

MADRID, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tightened lockdowns across the planetsaw nearly half of humanity told to stay at home in…