Oil market may recover to pre-crisis levels in 2021: Russia

MOSCOW, Dec 30 (NNN-TASS) — The emergence of coronavirus vaccines on the global market is helping to restore oil demand, and the market may return to pre-crisis parameters during 2021, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. “Before the end of 2020, we have already seen a recovery in demand,…

Zimbabwe lists evacuation centers as storm approaches

HARARE, Dec 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Zimbabwean government spokesperson Nick Mangwana announced several evacuation centers in Manicaland Province in eastern Zimbabwe as the threat of tropical depression Chalane looms. With the memories of the devastation caused by cyclone Idai in 2019 still fresh in their minds, some residents in the province…

Security Council condemns attacks on UN mission in CAR

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations Security Council condemned Friday’s attacks against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). In a statement, the members of the Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” the attacks against the UN mission in the Central African Republic…

Powerful quakes hit central Croatia, no casualties: official

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic (R, Front) and local officials inspect buildings damaged by earthquakes in Sisak ZAGREB, Dec. 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — No casualties have been reported hours after a series of earthquakes hit central Croatia near the capital Zagreb on Monday, local officials said. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre…

Colombia: 249 peace signatories killed since 2016

BOGOTA, Dec 29 (NNN-TELESUR) — The number of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) combatants who have been killed in Colombia climbed to 249, following the assassination of two of its members over the weekend. The Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC) party on Sunday denounced the deaths of Manuel Alonso, who was…

Over 200 Venezuelans have returned home from Chile

CARACAS, Dec 29 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry reported on Monday that over 200 citizens returned to the country on a flight from Chile as part of the Return to the Homeland Plan. According to Venezuelan authorities, 216 Venezuelans arrived Monday to the Maiquetía International Airport in the Northern state of La…

Covid-19: Argentina will begin inoculation with the Russian vaccine on Tuesday

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina begins vaccinating its citizens against coronavirus on Tuesday using the recently delivered Russian Sputnik V vaccine, the government said, following its approval by health authorities for emergency use. Argentine president Alberto Fernández and provincial governors said health personnel would receive their vaccines in…

Burkina Faso president says security priority after swearing-in

Kabore, first elected in 2015, won 57.7 percent of the vote on Nov 22 OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has promised to make security his priority after he took the helm of the troubled Sahel country for a second term.“I intend to win…

Covid-19: Britain reports record daily number of new cases, topping 40,000

Vehicles drive past a roadside public health information sign, amid the spread of Covid-19, near Oxford, Britain LONDON, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted the…

Covid-19: Cuba to allow fewer flights from United States and some other countries

HAVANA, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Cuba announced it would allow fewer flights from the United States and several other countries beginning Jan 1, due to a surge in coronavirus cases since opening its airports in November. Cubans living abroad and returning to visit, or returning from shopping trips, have spread the…