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COVID-19 Update: Global Infections Exceed 90,000 As Countries Scramble To Contain Spread

CHINA, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – COVID-19 continued its spread across the globe, despite travel restrictions aimed at curtailing its spread.…

Total Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Exceed 100 In United States

NEW YORK, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. health authorities reported a total of 108 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a…

Iran’s President Urges U.S. To Lift Sanctions To Help Fight COVID-19

TEHRAN, Mar 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, said that, if the U.S. really wants to help Iran fight…

US death toll from coronavirus jumps to nine

WASHINGTON, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to nine on Tuesday, all in…

19 Afghan Soldiers Feared Killed In Taliban Overnight Attacks

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 19 Afghan soldiers and police were feared killed, in Taliban insurgents’ overnight…

Update: 21 dead as torrential rain hits Brazil

SAO PAULO, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 21 people have been killedin torrential rain that hit the Brazilian states…

LatAm countries take steps to tackle COVID-19 as new cases confirmed

MEXICO CITY, March 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Argentina and Chile on Tuesday each reported their first confirmed case of COVID-19, as…

Heavy rains leave 16 dead, 33 missing in SE Brazil

Residents carry buckets of mud and water, as search for victims of a mudslide, where people remain missing at Barreira…

Argentina confirms first COVID-19 case

Argentinean Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia (C) BUENOS AIRES, March 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Argentinean authorities has confirmed the country’s first…

Nile Dam: Ethiopia says US view “totally unacceptable”

ADDIS ABABA, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Ethiopia has said the US position on the controversial Nile River mega-dam project is “totally unacceptable”. The…