Brazil’s oldest person dies aged 116, 3rd oldest person in the world

FORTALEZA (Ceara, Brazil), Oct 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The 116-year-old Francisca Celsa dos Santos considered the oldest person in Brazil, has died at her home in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Dos Santos passed away of pneumonia on Tuesday Oct 5 just days before her 117th birthday, according to Fernanda…

Covid-19: Chile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air

SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Given the favorable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid 19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and international travelers arriving at Punta Arenas airport. As of Nov…

Covid-19: Pres Bolsonaro banned from Brazilian football stadium for not being vaxxed

SAO PAULO, Oct 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not allowed to enter a football stadium to watch Gremio’s match against Santos because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. To add to the presidential ban controversy Santos won 1-0 during injury time which needed intervention from video assisting…

US, UK warn citizens of threat to Kabul hotels

  WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Britain warned their citizens on Monday to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens were killed at a mosque in an attack claimed by the Daesh group.   The Taliban, which seized power in August and declared an Islamic emirate,…

Sixteen killed in Russian parachutists’ plane crash

A wreckage at a site of the L-410 plane crash near the town of Menzelinsk in the Republic of Tatarstan MOSCOW, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixteen people were killed when a plane carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said. The L-410 plane carrying 22 people…

Kenya: Three fishermen killed after boat capsizes in Lake Victoria, 2 rescued

NAIROBI, Oct 11 (NNN-KBC) — Three Kenyan fishermen have died while two others have been rescued after their boat capsized at Nyagina beach near Mbita causeway in Suba North constituency, Homa Bay County. The men were on their routine fishing expedition when the accident occurred. Confirming the incident, Mbita Sub…

US couple arrested for selling nuclear warship data

  WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US couple has been arrested in the state of West Virginia for allegedly selling information on nuclear warships to what they believed was a foreign state, the Justice Department said.   Jonathan Toebbe, 42, who worked as a nuclear engineer for the US…

More than 1,000 migrants cross English Channel to UK in two days

  LONDON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain has rescued or intercepted a total of 1,115 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel over just two days, the country’s interior ministry said.   Rising numbers of Channel crossings by migrants in small boats have contributed to growing tensions between the UK…

1 dead, 17 hurt in Chile as police clash with indigenous protesters

  SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person died and 17 others were injured as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.   About a thousand activists, many wearing ponchos and traditional head ornaments, marched Sunday in the center of…

Covid-19: UK records another 34,574 coronavirus cases

LONDON, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Another 34,574 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 8,154,306, according to official figures released Sunday. The country also recorded another 38 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now…