Americas

Covid-19: Florida cases surge for fifth day as US Pres Trump pledges outbreak will be under control

WASHINGTON, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Florida reported more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the fifth day in a…

Covid-19: Cubans celebrate no local transmission for first time in four months

People get hand sanitizer before entering a shop in Havana HAVANA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba for the first time…

Covid-19: President of Bolivian Football Federation dies after catching virus

LA PAZ, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The president of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), Cesar Salinas, died Sunday after being…

Covid-19: Brazil’s death toll nears 80,000

BRASILIA, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll raced towards 80,000 on Sunday, after 716 deaths in the past…

Two dead as Dutch army helicopter crashes in Caribbean

THE HAGUE, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people died when a Dutch army helicopter crashed into the sea soon after…

Russian fleet tracks US destroyer in Black Sea

MOSCOW, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Russian Black Sea Fleet has begun to track the US guided-missile destroyer Porter, which entered the Black Sea on…

Brazil’s indigenous chief Raoni in ‘stable’ condition, depressed after wife of 60 years died

BRASILIA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest’s best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving…

Covid-19: Peru passes 13,000 deaths

LIMA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru on Sunday passed 13,000 coronavirus deaths, the health ministry said, a day before the…

Covid-19: Mexican president mourns 39,000 virus dead

MEXICO CITY, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican president Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed to improve health standards in the nation, which…

Covid-19: US records 63,872 new cases in 24 hours – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Sunday recorded 63,872 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours,…