Chile, India discuss furthering trade under Partial Scope Agreement

SANTIAGO, April 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile and India are discussing furthering bilateral trade under the so-called Partial Scope Agreement (PSA). Authorities from both countries held a series of virtual encounters that concluded on Friday. Heading Chile’s delegation is Felipe Lopeandía, general director of bilateral economic affairs within the Undersecretariat of…

Covid-19: Venezuela investigates mayor for marking homes of infected people

CARACAS, April 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The mayor of a municipality in the western Venezuelan state of Yaracuy this week forced people to mark the homes of Covid-19 patients in his community with signs to prevent visits and prevent contagion. “Family in preventive quarantine, no visitors allowed,” say the signs that…

US: Pres Biden’s Mexico border tsar to quit

WASHINGTON, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden’s top official for the Mexican border, where US authorities are struggling to stop a huge flow of undocumented migrants, will step down, the White House said Friday. Roberta Jacobson, officially known as coordinator for the Southwest Border at the National Security Council,…

Myanmar’s envoy leads UN calls for urgent action

UNITED NATIONS, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Myanmar’s own ambassador to the United Nations pressed for a no-fly zone and sanctions as international pressure grew on the military junta to end a deadly crackdown and restore democracy. The United States and European nations pleaded for action at a meeting of the…

Brazil raises US$620 million in huge concession auction

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro  BRASILIA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil wrapped up a massive auction Friday for concessions to operate 22 airports, a rail line and five ports with a total take of US$620 million and planned investments of US$1.75 billion in all. The three-day auction was seen as a…

Covid-19: Europe’s vaccine drive set to pick up as 100 millionth dose delivered

BERLIN, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Europe has taken delivery of more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that should help the region’s initially sluggish inoculation drive finally gather momentum, according to a weekly monitoring report. A total of 104 million doses have been sent to countries in the European…

Covid-19: No ‘causal’ link found yet between J&J vaccine and blood clots, says US health authorities

WASHINGTON, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Top US health authorities said they have not yet found a “causal” link between Johnson & Johnson’s Covid shot and blood clots, as the EU drug regulator probed possible instances among those who have received the vaccine. “At this time, we have not found a…

Kenya court halts move by government to close refugee camps

The Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya NAIROBI, April 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenya’s High Court has temporarily halted a move by the government to close the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps housing nearly 500,000 people.The court issued a stay order on Thursday following a petition filed to the high court that challenged…

Spain’s Prime Minister Sanchez on charm offensive in Africa

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (L) and Angola President João Lourenço (R) LUANDA, April 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrapped up business in Angola with the signing of agreements on fishing, agriculture and industry as bilateral cooperations between the countries intensify.It comes as Spain’s economy has been…

Covid-19: Infections in Canada edge closer to US rate

Vaccine is being administered at a hockey arena in Toronto  OTTAWA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The rate of Covid infections in Canada is edging close to – and may overtake – US levels for the first time. It comes as Canada struggles to contain new Covid-19 variants and to ramp up its…