Covid-19: Americans urged not to travel to Germany, Denmark over Covid

An advertising display calls for people to get their booster vaccination in the city centre in Leipzig, eastern Germany WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The State Department urged Americans Monday not to travel to Germany and Denmark due to surging Covid-19 cases in Europe.   The department issued Level 4…

Covid-19: 95 pct of US federal workers obey vaccine mandate – White House

  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The White House said that 95 percent of federal government employees in the United States have met a Covid vaccination mandate ahead of a deadline to comply.   Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that of the 95 percent who complied, 90…

UN chief visits Colombia for fifth anniversary of peace deal

BOGOTA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Colombia’s peace deal efforts on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the historic agreement that ended almost six decades of devastatingconflict.   Guterres, who landed in the South American nation late Monday, said Colombia offered “a very…

Covid-19: Belgian PM, ministers quarantine after French PM gets Covid

  BRUSSELS, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and four of his ministers went into quarantine on Monday after French Prime Minister Jean Castex tested positive for Covid-19, a government statementsaid.   “They will also take PCR tests and will remain in quarantine until the test…

46 killed in Bulgaria tourist bus crash

   BOSNEK (Bulgaria), Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forty-six people, including a dozen minors, were killed after their tourist bus caught fire on a Bulgarian highway early Tuesday in Europe’s deadliest road accident in the past decade.    A cause has yet to be determined but officials believe the bus crashed into the guardrails…

Covid-19: WHO fears 700,000 more Covid deaths in Europe by March 2022

    COPENHAGEN, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said it feared Covid deaths in Europe would rise from the current 1.5 million to 2.2 million by March 2022 if the current trend continues.    It said it expected “high or extreme stress in intensive care units (ICUs) in 49…

Covid-19: Colombia-Ecuador border to reopen Dec 1, presidents agree

QUITO, Nov 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Presidents of Colombia (Iván Duque) and Ecuador (Guillermo Lasso), agreed to reopen the borders between the two countries as of Dec 1 after they were closed in March 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Both leaders reached that decision after a meeting in Quito. “We…

Tunisia intercepts over 200 migrants trying to reach Italian coast

  TUNIS, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian authorities said they had intercepted more than 200 migrants trying to reach the Italian coast, in nine separate operations.   “In the context of the fight against irregular immigration, units from the northern, southern and central regions managed to thwart nine (sea crossing)…

Covid-19: France to send special forces to Guadeloupe after looting, arson

Members of the ‘Union generale des travailleurs de Guadeloupe’ set up a blockade at the roundabout of Perrin Les Abymes, on the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe BASSE-TERRE (Guadeloupe, Caribbean), Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France is sending dozens of special forces to restore order in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe…

Nicaragua pulling out from OAS, FM announces

MANAGUA, Nov 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada announced his country has started procedures to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), because it does “not respond to the interests of their respective peoples.” Moncada also said the OAS took advantage of the subordination of some governments…