Covid-19: Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro City Hall to require vaccine passports for public spaces starting next month
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The City Hall of Rio de Janeiro announced that effective Sept 1, a…
Covid-19: Uruguayan President signs decree outlining conditions for foreigners to re-enter as of Sept 1
MONTEVIDEO, Aug 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Foreign owners of real estate property in the country will be allowed back into Uruguay…
Italy says it has received most Afghan evacuees in EU
Afghan refugees waiting to be sorted into different residences at Rome Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino, Italy ROME, Aug…
Covid-19: 160,000 protest in France against Covid rules
PARIS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A total of 160,000 people protested across France on Saturday, the interior ministry said, angered…
US airlifts food, tents to quake-ravaged southern Haiti
Food is loaded onto a VM-22 Osprey at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince JEREMEI (Haiti), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Afghans ‘we want peace from the world’ demonstrate in Athens
ATHENS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Afghans marched to the US Embassy in Athens on Saturday, making a plea to…
Covid-19: Police, protesters clash as thousands march against curbs in Berlin
Police confront a protester during a demonstration against coronavirus policies in Berlin on Saturday BERLIN, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police…
Thousands of Americans protest curbs on minority voting rights in US
Demonstrators hold up signs at a voting rights protest outside the US Chamber of Commerce Headquarters WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Evacuations, fear as Hurricane Ida nears US Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Owners were boarding up their shops and evacuations were underway as Hurricane Ida was…
Covid-19: African leaders renew calls for vaccine equity at Berlin summit
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor BERLIN, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African leaders attending a summit in Germany renewed calls for Covid-19…