Violent clashes continue in Tunisia; dozens arrested

TUNIS, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes erupted in Tunisia as youth hurled rocks at riot police, who responded with teargasDozens in the capital and other cities have been arrested during the nationwide violent demonstrations which has seen shops and cars smashed and looted.The protests began during the start of a…

Uganda restores internet after shutdown over election

Yoweri Musveni was declared the winner of a Jan 14 presidential election KAMPALA, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country ahead of elections the opposition says were rigged.The gradual easing of internet curbs came as police…

US: FBI screens troops ahead of Wednesday’s Joe Biden inauguration

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US law enforcement agencies are screening National Guard members to make sure they do not pose a security risk during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a four-star general said. Following the Jan 6 riots at the Capitol building in support of outgoing President Donald Trump, it…

Update: Global coronavirus cases top 95 mln

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (NNN-TASS) – The global number of confirmed coronavirus cases has crossed the 95 million mark, according to data from the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The overall number of cases has reached 95,003,533, as many as 2,029,938 patients have died. The United States accounts for the majority of…

Peru: Ex-Pres Vizcarra barred from run for Congress

LIMA, Jan 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Lima’s Special Electoral Jury (JEE) excluded Peru’s former President Martin Vizcarra’s (2018-2020) candidacy for Congress over the omission of information about his personal incomes.  The JEE concluded that Vizcarra did not specify all the information about the incomes received from the company Agrotecnica Estuquiña SA, of…

Pots and pans against Pres Bolsonaro heard loud in Brazil

BRASILIA, Jan 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Hundreds of people made their pots and pan ring out to demand Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro’s resignation due to his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The protest was driven by the chaotic situation in the state of Amazonas, where its capital Manaus experienced a serious lack of hospital beds and…

Covid-19: Argentina reports the first case of Britain’s variant

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina confirmed the first case in the country of a new coronavirus variant that was first identified in Britain and appears to be more contagious. The new variant was detected in a traveler who arrived asymptomatic in Argentina from Germany at the end of…

Massive turnout of Chileans with aspiration of rewriting the Pinochet constitution

SANTIAGO, Jan 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile’s Electoral body reported that more than 3,300 hopefuls have applied for selection to the commission that will rewrite the country’s current constitution, a legacy of dictator General Augusto Pinochet who ruled the country from 1973 to 1990. Applicants had until midnight to register their…

Covid-19: Russia’s cases up 22,857 to 3,591,066

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russia registered 22,857 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 3,591,066, the country’s COVID-19 response center said in a statement Monday. It said that 471 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 66,037. According to the statement, 2,978,764…

Update: At least 83 killed in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur – medics

KHARTOUM, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 80 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur, doctors said, just over two weeks since a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations. The violence is the most significant fighting reported since the signing of a peace agreement…