Covid-19: US House on cusp of passing $1.9 tn plan but wage hike falters
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic leaders expressedconfidence that US President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief packagewould pass the…
Update: Haiti prison breakout leaves 25 dead as 400 escape – official
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 400 prisoners were on the run in Haiti after they escaped from jail…
Covid-19: Slovenia confirms first case of South Africa variant
Minister of Health Janez Poklukar LJUBLJANA, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Slovenia has detected its first case of the coronavirus variant…
Covid-19: Argentina receives first batch of Chinese Sinopharm vaccines
Argentina received the first batch of vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm on Thursday night BUENOS AIRES, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua)…
US report says Saudi crown prince approved operation to “capture or kill” Khashoggi
Oct 15, 2018: A Turkish team entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to conduct a search over the disappearance of…
South American cocaine ‘worth billions’ seized in Germany and Belgium; one of largest single seizure worldwide
The cocaine discovered in Germany was hidden in more than 1,700 tins of wall filler HAMBURG (Germany), Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Customs authorities…
Covid-19: Chile receives third shipment of Chinese vaccines
Workers unload containers with the third shipment of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines at the Santiago international airport SANTIAGO, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chile received…
Covid-19: Global deaths reach 2,508,786
PARIS, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,508,786 people since the outbreak emerged in China…
Russian diplomats arrive from virus-hit North Korea on hand-pushed rail trolley
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight Russian diplomats and family members — the youngest of them a three-year-old girl —…
Covid-19: UK to focus on age, not occupation for next vaccines
LONDON, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s next phase of coronavirusvaccines will be administered based on age rather than occupational risk,…