‘We need to work’: Hundreds of migrants form new US-bound caravan in Mexico

TAPACHULA (Mexico), Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Central American and Haitian migrants formed a new caravan on Friday in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, and began walking north toward the United States. The migrants said they wanted to leave Chiapas as they had not…

Covid-19: WTO postpones major meeting after new variant outbreak

GENEVA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new coronavirus variant on Friday when it postponed its first ministerial meeting in four years due to the deteriorating health situation. Ministers from WTO members were due to have gathered next week for a…

Romania has new gov’t with overwhelming majority in Parliament

Members of Romania’s new government attend a swearing-in ceremony in Bucharest, Romania BUCHAREST, Nov 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Romania’s new government led by ex-general Nicolae Ciuca took the oath of office on Thursday soon after winning a vote of confidence in Parliament with overwhelming support. The official installment of the three-party…

Update: UK PM asks France to take back Channel-crossing migrants

  CALAIS (France), Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday asking France to immediately start taking back all migrants who land in England after crossing the Channel, after at least 27 died when their boat foundered off Calais.   Taking…

More than 50 reported dead in Siberia coal mine accident

   GRAMOTEINO (Russia), Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 50 people were reported to have died Thursday after smoke filled a Siberian coal mine and a rescue effort ended in tragedy.   Senior managers at the mine in Russia’s Kemerovo region had been detained for suspected safety violations, after the…

Covid-19: WHO to call emergency meeting on new coronavirus strain – report

  LONDON, Nov 26 (NNN-TASS) — The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting on the new coronavirus strain discovered in Africa, which may have an increased mutability, on Friday, the Financial Times has reported.   According to Tulio de Oliveira, the director of the Centre for Epidemic…

UN chief calls for immediate end to fighting in Ethiopia

The war broke out in November 2020 in the country’s Tigray region ADDIS ABABA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the fighting in Ethiopia, as the United States warned there was “no military solution” to the African nation’s civil war.The…

Covid-19: UK raises alarm over new variant which could beat vaccines

Vaccinations for COVID019 are shown at the Roi Baudouin hospital in the town of Guediawaye in Senegal LONDON, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa that might make vaccines less effective and imperil progress made across the world in fighting the…

Covid-19: Czechs order bars and restaurants shut early as president taken to hospital positive with COVID

PRAGUE, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Czech government ordered bars and clubs to close at 10 p.m. and banned Christmas markets in an attempt to stem one of the world’s highest coronavirus infection rates. The new restrictions also include a maximum attendance of 1,000 people at culture and sports events,…

France expands sea monitoring as migrants vow to pursue UK dream

French police patrol the Slack dunes, the day after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated as they attempted to cross the English Channel, in Wimereux, near Calais, France DUNKIRK (France), Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France pledged to step up surveillance of its northern shores, but migrants huddling in makeshift camps…