UN Security Council to meet Sunday on Mideast after US delay

UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council will hold a virtual public meeting Sunday to address the soaring violence between Israel and the Palestinians, diplomats said. The United States, which had blocked an originally scheduled Friday session and proposed a meeting early next week, agreed to move…

Covid-19: Madrid tourism fair eyes 100,000 visitors next week

MADRID, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Madrid’s FITUR, one of the world’s biggest tourism fairs, is expecting to welcome 100,000 visitors from 60 countries when it opens in the Spanish capital next week, the organisers said. They said it would be “the first physical trade fair” held by the sector since…

Covid-10: Global deaths reach 3,346,813

PARIS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,346,813 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled on Friday. At least 161,081,960 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered, though some have…

Ugandan president sworn in for new term

KAMPALA, May 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office. Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo swore in Museveni as the president of the East African country at Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala. “I Yoweri…

Singapore Red Cross raises more than S$3.2 million in donations to help India fight COVID-19

SINGAPORE, May 12 (NNN-CNA) — The Singapore Red Cross has received more than S$3.2 million in donations from organisations and individuals since the launch of its India COVID-19 public appeal two weeks ago, it said on Wednesday.  The first tranche of aid, worth about S$3.6 million, includes oxygen concentrators, oxygen…

Covid-19: Brazil states suspend AstraZeneca vaccine for pregnant women after a reported death

BRASILIA, May 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian states on Tuesday suspended immunization of pregnant women with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on the advice of the national health regulator after a reported death. The suspension was to remain in place until the health ministry establishes…

UN envoy to Yemen set to leave post: diplomatic sources

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, who has been in line for a senior role at the UN since April, is expected to leave his current post, sources said. Houthi rebels recently refused to meet with the 69-year-old British diplomat, who has held…

Israeli strikes target top Hamas figures: military

GAZA CITY, May 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have hit the homes of high-ranking members of the Hamas militant group, the military said Wednesday, with the territory’s police headquarters also targeted. Warplanes “completed a series of raids, hitting homes that belonged to high-ranking members” of Hamas,…

Covid-19: Indian variant found in 44 countries – WHO

GENEVA, May 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October,…

US border apprehensions of undocumented migrants jump in April

WASHINGTON, May 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the US border with Mexico rose to a fresh 15-year high in April as the Biden administration failed to deter migrants, official data showed Tuesday. US Customs and Border Protection reported it had interdicted 178,622 people trying to enter the…