Radical leftist inches into lead as Peru counts presidential votes

An election worker checks the temperature of a Quechua indigenous person arriving to vote at a polling station in the remote rural village of Capachica, in Puno, Peru LIMA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A far-left union leader and teacher has taken a surprise, though slim, lead in Peru’s presidential election,…

Brazil judge halts parts of Pres Bolsonaro’s decrees to relax gun laws

The four decrees increase the number of firearms Brazilians can own from four to six BRASILIA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A judge on Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on Monday suspended parts of four decrees issued by President Jair Bolsonaro relaxing the country’s gun control laws. Bolsonaro issued the decrees on…

Covid-19: UK hits target to offer vaccine to all over-50s by mid-April – govt

LONDON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain said it had met its target to offer by April 15 a coronavirus vaccine first dose to all over-50s, the clinically vulnerable and health and social care workers. “We have now passed another hugely significant milestone in our vaccine programme by offering jabs to…

G7 urges Russia to stop ‘provocations,’ de-escalate on Ukraine

PARIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The G7 foreign ministers called on Russia to stop its “provocations” and “de-escalate tensions” following its troop build-up on the border with Ukraine. The ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialised countries “are deeply concerned by the large ongoing build-up of Russian military forces…

At least 22 dead as bus overturns in Peru

LIMA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-two people died and 13 others were injured Monday when a passenger bus overturned in rainy conditions on an Andean road in Peru, police said. The accident happened in the morning near the western city of Huarez, some 600 kilometers north of Lima, a police…

Covid-19: More than one million coronavirus deaths in Europe

PARIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Health authorities across Europe have recorded more than a million coronavirus deaths as of 1830 GMT on Monday. In the region’s 52 countries and territories, stretching as far east as Azerbaijan and Russia, the death toll stands at least 1,000,288 dead, the highest of any…

US shooting: One dead in Tennessee school shooting – police

KNOXVILLE (Tennessee, US), April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and a police officer wounded in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Tennessee on Monday, police said. Knoxville city police said on Twitter “multiple gunshot victims” had been reported at Austin-East Magnet High School,…

US cuts deal with Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala on border security

WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has cut a deal for Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to reinforce their borders in a bid to quash a wave of migration to the United States, the White House said. “The objective is to make it more difficult to make the journey…

US shooting: Minneapolis under curfew after officer shoots Black motorist dead

MINNEAPOLIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh protests broke out Monday night in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man when she confused her handgun with her taser, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder…

Covid-19: US breaks vaccination record with 4.6 million shots in one day

An average of 3 million vaccine doses are being administered every day in the US WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US continues to make rapid strides with its vaccination programme, announcing that health care workers carried out more than 4.6 million vaccinations on Saturday.“A new record,” Cyrus Shahpar, the…