Covid-19: Africa’s cases pass 10.15 mln – Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 13 (NNN-XINHUA) — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 10,159,243 cases as of Wednesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) said the death toll across the continent stands at…

Venezuela resumes crude exports after nine months

CARACAS, Jan 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA will begin exporting diluted crude oil (DCO) this week after a nine-month stoppage, it was reported in Caracas. The last time PDVSA shipped diluted crude to Asia was in April last year. The extra heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt must be…

Covid-19: Bolivian VP and 6 ministers positive with covid

LA PAZ, Jan 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced. “We communicate to the Bolivian people that the vice president and the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Development Planning, Justice and Public Education received…

Two children die after church collapses in Nigeria

ABUJA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least two children and a woman were killed after a church collapsed during a service in Asaba, the capital of Nigeria’s southern Delta state, police said. Rescuers used an excavator to dig through the rubble to find survivors in the Tuesday incident. Delta state…

Family: Freed Guantanamo terror suspect should not face restrictions in Kenya

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (NNN-KNA) — A family whose kin had been in US detention for more than 14 years without any charge or trial wants preservation of public security through executive restraint of personal liberty upon entry into Kenyan soil. Abdulmalik Mohamed Bajabu, from Mombasa, Kenya who was in Guantanamo…

Russian baby tiger fights for life after frostbite, surgery

   MOSCOW, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian animal rescuers said they were fighting for the life of an Amur tiger cub who had been found dying from exhaustion and frostbite in the country’s far east.    An emaciated female tiger cub aged around four or five months and suffering from…

Covid-19: Denmark to offer 4th vaccine dose to vulnerable

 COPENHAGEN, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Danish government said it is proposing a fourth Covid vaccine dose for people deemed highly vulnerable amid a spike in cases of the Omicron variant.   Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said the move marked a “new chapter” in the fight against the spread of…

Covid-19: Estimated 4.3 million people in UK had coronavirus in week

LONDON, Jan 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — An estimated 4.3 million people in private households in Britain had COVID-19 last week, up from 3.7 million in the previous week and set a new record, the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Prevalence of the coronavirus continues to be highest in England,…

Terrorism hike in Central African Republic targets UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations Peacekeepers report a significant increase in terrorist attacks in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said. “Our colleagues at the peacekeeping mission there said they have noted a significant increase in the number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), especially in the…

US grants South Korea an Iran sanctions exemption

SEOUL, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has granted South Korea a sanctions exemption, allowing the country to pay millions of dollars of overdue compensation to an Iranian investor over a 2010 dispute.   Seoul’s foreign ministry said it had received a “specific license” from the US Treasury Department…