Covid-19: US deaths rise by 2,448 in 24 hours while Asia’s death toll passes 10,000

WASHINGTON, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States recorded 2,448 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 75,543, according to the latest real-time tally reported by Johns Hopkins University. The country — hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities — has…

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 13 more deaths, 706 fresh positive cases

DHAKA, May 8 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh reported 13 more deaths fromthe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) overnight and recorded 706 fresh positivecases. “Thirteen more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing thedeath count from the pandemic to 199,” DGHS Additional Director General(administration) Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing…

Covid-19: World food prices fall sharply in April because of coronavirus – UN

ROME, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in April, hit by the economic and logistical impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations food agency said.The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price-index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oil-seeds,…

Covid-19: Coronavirus researcher shot dead in US murder-suicide

Bing Liu was an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania, US), May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An ethnic Chinese scientist working on the novel coronavirus in the United States has been shot dead in what police said was a murder-suicide over an “intimate partner”. Bing…

Covid-19: Cuba receives donation from Chinese Communist Party

 Cubans living in South Africa welcome Cuban doctors who arrived to help combat the spread of coronavirus HAVANA, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba received a donation of medical supplies from the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee amid the Caribbean nation’s efforts to fight the COVID-19…

Covid-19: UN makes new appeal to fund virus response

UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations has appealed for a further $4.7bn in funding to “protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries”. It follows the $2bn requested when the UN launched its global humanitarian response plan in March, of which around…

Six Killed, Two Hundred Hospitalised In Gas Leak In South India

NEW DELHI, May 7 (NNN-PTI) – At least six persons died and about two hundred rushed to a local hospital, after a gas leak happened in a chemical plant in Vishakhapatnam district, of India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh today, confirmed a local senior police official. “As of now six…

Indian Gov’t Bans Export Of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitisers

NEW DELHI, May 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal government banned the export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said today. An official notification to this regard was issued on Wednesday, by the country’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). “Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are prohibited for…

US military killed 132 civilians globally in 2019: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One hundred thirty-two civilians were killed last year in US global military operations, the army said, a number far lower than those published by NGOs. The Department of Defense “assesses that there were approximately 132 civilians killed and approximately 91 civilians injured during 2019 as…

US Pres Trump vetoes measure limiting his war powers in Iran

WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump vetoed what he called a “very insulting” congressional resolution seeking to limit his war powers in Iran. In a statement, Trump said he had used his veto because the resolution — a rare bipartisan rebuke to the president approved in March…
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