Argentine VP Cristina Kirchner to undergo surgery

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be operated Thursday at the Otamendi Sanatorium in Buenos Aires, it was announced. Medical sources have explained it will be a preventive hysterectomy, which will require the patient to stay hospitalized between three and five days…

Bolivia sacks newly-appointed ambassador to Paraguay over controversial video

LA PAZ, Nov 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia had to sack its Ambassador in Asunción Mario Cronenbold over a controversial TikTok video which resulted in the diplomat being declared “persona non grata” by the Paraguayan Lower House for what was described as a “pseudo xenophobic joke” The Bolivian Government of President…

Venezuelan aircraft banned in the US carries former Bolivian President Morales to Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Former Bolivian President Evo Morales landed in Buenos Aires aboard a Venezuela-registered aircraft blacklisted by the United States Treasury Department. Morales flew to the Argentine capital to take part in the launch of a book depicting his last days in power and for which…

Covid-19: Los Angeles mayor tests positive while attending UN climate conference in Glasgow

Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday while attending the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, an event that has drawn world leaders and tens of thousands of other people from around the world. “He…

Military coup: Saudis, UAE join US, UK in urging restoration of Sudan govt

Sudanese anti-coup protesters attend a gathering in the capital Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, to express their support for the country’s democratic transition which a military takeover and deadly crackdown derailed WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which enjoy close ties with Sudan’s military,…

Covid-19: In Ukraine, vaccine scepticism drives deadly surge

Authorities in the country of around 41 million initially struggled to source vaccines and convince Ukrainians to innoculate themselves KIEV, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A young woman sobs and comforts her mother on a bench in a courtyard at Kiev’s Hospital Number Four. “Daddy died this morning,” she says through…

Nigeria: Armed bandits killed in Kaduna state airstrikes – official

ABUJA, Nov 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Armed bandits had been killed in two airstrikes carried out by the military in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State, an official said. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for the internal security and home affairs in the Kaduna state, said in a statement that the troops launched airstrikes…

Covid-19: One in 60 coronavirus patients died in the world in October

 MOSCOW, Nov 4 (NNN-TASS) — Global coronavirus infection rates are on the decline for the second consecutive month. A total of 12.9 mln cases were confirmed across the world in October, nearly three mln below the number in September, according to TASS estimates. Mortality rates are also declining. About 214,000…

Canadian provinces nix mandatory Covid jabs for hospital workers

   OTTAWA, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada’s most populated provinces said they will not force health care workers to get Covid vaccines, saying mass layoffs of staff who do not get shots would devastate hospitals.    The decisions by the governments of Ontario and Quebec — the provinces hardest hit…

Hijab campaign tweets pulled by Council Of Europe after French backlash

BRUSSELS/PARIS, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Europe’s top human rights organisation has pulled posters from a campaign that promoted respect for Muslim women who choose to wear headscarves after provoking opposition in France. The Council of Europe released the images last week for a campaign against anti-Muslim discrimination. A slogan on one…