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 death toll of nine in the country. New Hampshire, Georgia and North Carolina were the most recent to have joined the list of states with first confirmed cases reported. All…

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 COVID-19, it should lift the sanctions, including a ban on importing medical supplies. Rouhani rejected as a “lie” the U.S. offer of help for Iran in the fight against the…

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 the state of Washington and many of them residents of the same nursing home, officials said. Eight of the deaths have been in King County, which encompasses Seattle,and one was…

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 attacks, in two provinces, authorities said today (Wednesday). In one attack in Kunduz province, 12 Afghan soldiers were killed and four others wounded, after Talibans stormed an army base in…

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 of Sao Paulo and Rio deJaneiro, triggering flash floods and destroying homes, authorities said. Another 32 people are missing in Sao Paulo, raising fears the toll couldrise further. Violent storms…

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 countries in Latin America took steps to curb potential outbreaks. Both patients had recently returned to South America from trips abroad. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera allayed fears of a widespread…

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 neighbourhood in Guaruja, Sao Paulo SAO PAULO, March 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 16 people are dead and 33 missing following flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains in southeast…

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 case of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The patient is a man, 43, who returned to the capital Buenos Aires on Sunday from a trip to Italy. “The man was in…

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 US is negotiating between Ethiopia and Egypt in the ongoing dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that some fear could lead to war. Ethiopia accused the US of overstepping…

US: 25 dead as tornadoes tear though Tennessee

WASHINGTON, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tornadoes ripped through Tennessee early Tuesday, leaving at least 25 people dead, destroying buildings and toppling power lines. The twisters touched down shortly after midnight. Residents ran for their lives as their homes came down around them. Tens of thousands lost power to their homes,…
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