US: Tropical Storm Ida a hurricane menace to New Orleans
MIAMI (Florida, US), Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tropical Storm Ida has prompted a hurricane warning for New Orleans and a state…
Mauritius welcomes ban on British stamps in disputed Chagos Islands
Stamps like this 10r Lion Fish featuring the British Indian Ocean Territory can no longer be used on the Chagos…
Covid-19: Third dose of vaccines coming up for second half of September in Brazil
BRASILIA, Aug 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian health authorities announced the third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will begin to be…
Pres Bolsonaro mandates Brazilian federal gov’t agencies to cut down electricity consumption
BRASILIA, Aug 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has issued a decree ordering all federal agencies to cut down…
Covid-19: WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings
BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s pandemic programme plans to ship 100 million doses of the Sinovac…
Pentagon bracing for more attacks after troops killed at Kabul airport
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday…
Covid-19: Pres Biden eviction moratorium shot down by US Supreme Court
About 3.5 million Americans said they face eviction in the next two months WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US…
Stalin-Era mass grave found in Ukraine
ODESSA (Ukraine), Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — What may be one of Ukraine’s largest Stalin-era mass graves has been identified by…
UN calls Afghanistan meet for Security Council permanent five
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called a meeting of the permanent members of…
52,000 bodies unidentified in Mexico, activists say
MEXICO CITY, Aug 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) — More than 50,000 unidentified bodies lie in mass graves or with forensic…