Mourners demand justice as shot street artist buried in Chile

SANTIAGO, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 100 mourners demanded justice at the funeral of a street artist killed by Chilean police during asearch. Juggler Francisco Martinez, 27, was fatally shot by an officer afterrefusing to cooperate with a police identity check in the south of thecountry. He was buried Monday…

French submarine patrols South China Sea, likely angering Beijing

PARIS, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French nuclear attack submarine was among two navy ships that recently conducted a patrol through the South China Sea, its defence minister announced, in a move likely to anger Beijing, which claims most of the strategic waters as its territory. The SNA Emeraude was…

Germany, Poland and Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat action

Protesters in St. Petersburg, Russia, clash with police over the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny BERLIN, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany, Poland and Sweden each announced that a Russian diplomat in their country has been declared “persona non grata” in retaliation to Moscow expelling European diplomats last week. The…

Nearly 1,500 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM

Migrants rest near a destroyed detention center in Tripoli TRIPOLI, Feb 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that nearly 1,500 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast during the past week. “In the period of Feb 2-8, 1,487 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and…

Covid-19: US reports over 2.93 mln child cases

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than 2.93 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest data of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association. About 117,500 new child COVID-19 cases were reported…

Dutch freeze international adoptions after abuses uncovered

Some children adopted between 1967 and 1998 were found to have been stolen AMSTERDAM, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Netherlands is freezing international adoptions after a government commission found some children had been stolen or bought from their birth parents in cases going back to the 1960s.The commission was set…

US deploys troops to boost coronavirus vaccinations in race against virus mutations

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 US troops will be deployed to assist with a nationwide vaccination rollout amid fears of a new surge in infections and deaths caused by multiple new COVID-19 strains.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…

Gunmen raid villages in northwest Nigeria, killing 19

Gangs often raid villages in northwest Nigeria, stealing cattle and kidnapping for ransom ABUJA, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 19 people were killed when armed men raided two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state, the government said.The bandits riding on motorcycles killed 14 people and injured others when they…

US says to ‘re-engage’ with UN Human Rights Council after Trump pullout

GENEVA, Feb 8, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The United States announced Monday that it would “re-engage” with the UN Human Rights Council, nearly three years after former president Donald Trump’s administration withdrew the country from the body. “I am pleased to inform you that this morning, (US Secretary of State Anthony)…

Britain, EU urge UN Human Rights Council special session on Myanmar

GENEVA, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain and the European Union requested that the United Nations Human Rights Council hold a special session in response to the ongoing political crisis in Myanmar. The call comes came a week after Myanmar’s generals conducted a coup inthe country. “The United Kingdom would like…