Venezuela restores electric service after sabotage

CARACAS, Jan 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Venezuelan Energy Ministry reported that the National Electrical Corporation (CORPOELEC) fully restored electrical service in the southwestern region of the country. Previously, the Public Works & Services Minister Nestor Reverol, who monitored the actions from the National Dispatch Center, confirmed that the attacks on…

Ingrid Betancourt to run again for President of Colombia

BOGOTA, Jan 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ingrid Betancourt, a politician who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas while campaigning for the presidency and held hostage for six years, announced she would run again. “I am here to announce that I am going to participate in the…

Covid-19: US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United States’ Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant. Among those no-go destinations are Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Panama, the Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin…

Ten DR Congo prisoners sentenced for mass rapes during violent riot in jail

The riot broke out at a prison near Lubumbashi in September 2020 KINSHASA, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten prisoners have been found guilty of raping dozens of female inmates during a violent riot at an overcrowded jail in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-seven women and a teenage girl testified…

Covid-19: Over 300 mln cases confirmed all over world, WHO says

GENEVA, Jan 20 (NNN-TASS) — The COVID-19 total caseload all over the world has surpassed 330 mln, while the death toll has reached 5.55 mln, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated.    According to the latest data, as many as 332,617,707 people were infected with COVID-19 and some 5,551,314 others…

Covid-19: Mexico reports record 60,000 daily cases

 MEXICO CITY, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s new Covid-19 cases hit a daily record above 60,000 on Wednesday, official figures showed, as the hard-hit country faces a fourth wave of infections linked to the Omicron variant.   The health ministry reported 60,552 new coronavirus infections — the most yet for…

Retired German Chancellor Angela Merkel turns down UN job

German ex-chancellor Angela Merkel BERLIN, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German ex-chancellor Angela Merkel has said no thanks to an offer of a job with the United Nations, her office said, as she settles into retirement after 16 years in power. UN sources confirmed that Secretary General Antonio Guterres had asked…

Covid-19: Most rules in England to be scrapped as infections fall

The Covid-19 Memorial Wall in London LONDON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK government announced that restrictions reimposed in England last month to fight the surge in Omicron coronavirus cases would be lifted, citing data that showed infections had peaked. Guidance advising people to work from home was lifted immediately,…

Haitian wanted in president’s killing extradited to US

Photograph of a banner hanging in a street with the image of the assassinated President Jovenel Moise, in Petion-ville, Haiti MIAMI, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Haitian wanted in the assassination of the country’s president was arrested in Miami on Wednesday after being extradited from the Dominican Republic, a US…

US: Pres Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election if he stood for office again. “She’s going to be my running mate,” Biden said of Harris during a press conference held to mark the…