UN adopts resolution promoting bicycles to combat climate change

UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday supporting bicycles as a tool for combatting climate change.    The resolution, proposed by Turkmenistan, was passed unanimously and like all General Assembly resolutions is non-binding.    It calls on member…

Journalist murdered in Mexico, eighth this year: official

MEXICO CITY, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The director of western Mexico news outlet Monitor Michoacan was murdered Tuesday, according to local prosecutor’s office — his death marks the eighth killing of a media worker in the country so far in 2022. In a statement, the Michoacan prosecutor’s office said Armando…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UK PM heads to Saudi, UAE for talks on oil, Russia

LONDON, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a crucial role to play in taming global oil markets after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he jetted to the Gulf for talks.   Johnson is due to meet crown princes…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: European leaders in defiant Kyiv trip as Russia presses in

 KYIV, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A trio of eastern European leaders met Ukraine’s president in his besieged capital Tuesday, in a defiant act of solidarity as Russian forces pressed in and air strikes claimed yet more lives in the city under curfew.    As talks ground on between Moscow and…

Gunmen attacked police station, local govt hq in central Nigeria, 10 killed

ABUJA, March 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Gunmen attacked a police station and headquarters of a local government in the country’s central state of Niger, killing 10 people, Nigerian police authority said. Monday Bala Kuryas, the police chief in Niger, told reporters in the state capital city of Minna that the gunmen…

Covid-19: Brazil confirms first two cases of Deltacron coronavirus variant

BRASILIA, March 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil has confirmed two cases of infection with the new Deltacron variant of the coronavirus, which combines genetic characteristics of the Delta and Omicron variants, Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said Tuesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been monitoring the spread of Deltacron since…

Covid-19: US Vice President Kamala Harris tests negative despite husband’s infection

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff WASHINGTON, March 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday despite her husband’s infection with the virus, according to a spokesperson. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, 57, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier on Tuesday, the spokesperson said in a statement. “The…

Covid-19: Cases back on rising as European countries relaxes pandemic restrictions

A passenger checks in at Helsinki Airport, Finland PARIS, March 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Some European countries have seen a rising number of COVID-19 infections again after further relaxations of pandemic restrictions. More experts warned of severe consequences if giving up all restrictions too early, especially with the spread of a…

Covid-19: Nearly 12.8 mln children in US infected

WASHINGTON, March 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Almost 12.8 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association. A total of 12,752,636 child COVID-19 cases had…

Humanitarian crisis persists in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: UN

Relief food distribution in Tigray UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s Tigray and neighbouring regions are still facing a humanitarian crisis, made worse by a continuing blockade and sporadic violence, the United Nations said.A situational update by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Unocha) said only…