Covid-19: Brazil surpasses 70,000 deaths

BRASILIA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil surpassed 70,000 coronavirus deaths on Friday, the health ministry said, though the number of daily fatalities appears to be stabilizing. The ministry said there had been 45,000 new infections and 1,200 deaths over the last 24 hours, taking the totals to 1.8 million cases…

Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro names evangelical pastor as education minister

BRASÍLIA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday named an evangelical pastor as his fourth education minister in 18 months. Milton Ribeiro, 62, replaces Carlos Alberto Decotelli, who resigned on July 1 after admitting to having lied on his CV. Bolsonaro announced the new appointment on his…

Covid-19: California to release 8,000 prisoners to slow pandemic

Two women hold up a banner urging Gavin Newsom to free prisoners LOS ANGELES, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California will release up to 8,000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID-19 inside facilities, state authorities said. Several California prisons have suffered large coronavirus outbreaks and the…

Mexican president thanks Trump for not mentioning border wall at summit

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Donald Trump MEXICO CITY, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador expressed gratitude to Donald Trump for avoiding in public the thorny subject of the US president’s promised border wall during a summit in Washington earlier this week. Lopez…

Covid-19: Bolivia leader ‘asymptomatic’ after testing positive – Doctor

LA PAZ, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymtomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor said. The 53-year-old, a candidate the Sept 6 presidential elections, is isolating in the official residence in La Paz, Andrei Miranda told Bolivia’s Cadena A…

Covid-19: US welcomes WHO inquiry into coronavirus origins in China as Pres Trump continue attack on the Asian country

GENEVA/MIAMI, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States welcomes the World Health Organization’s W(HO) probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said. “We welcome the WHO’s investigation. We view the scientific investigation as a necessary step to having a…

Covid-19: 6 US states see record surges in cases, Florida becomes epicentre

Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida WASHINGTON, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six US states suffered record spikes in new COVID-19 cases on Friday and Florida, an epicentre of the pandemic, saw infections rise sharply for the second day in a row as the Walt Disney Co. stuck to its…

Covid-19: WHO reports record daily increase in global cases, up over 228,000

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 228,102 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according…

More migrants caught crossing US-Mexico border despite pandemic restrictions

A group of migrants make their way towards a gap in the border wall to surrender to US border patrol, near Penitas, Texas WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Border Patrol detained roughly 30,000 migrants attempting to cross the southwest border with Mexico in June, a 41 per cent increase from…

Sec of State Pompeo says “very hopeful” to continue US-DPRK dialogue

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States is “very hopeful” to continue dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at various levels, though the latter has signaled its unwillingness to do so. “We’re…
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