The City of London will remove statues linked to slave trade

LONDON, Jan 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — The City of London has approved the removal from its ceremonial Guildhall home of statues of two symbols of the financial sector’s historic role in slavery in the British Empire. The move, voted by the City’s elected representatives, formed part of a larger debate over Britain’s memory and representation of its…

Chile becomes 1st Latam country to introduce a 5G free zone

A cyclist performs a 5G network test in SSantiago SANTIAGO, Jan 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chile this week launched Latin America’s first 5G free zone, which aims to test the impact that the new network will have on densely populated cities. The free zone was installed by Chilean Entel and Ericsson…

Covid-19: Argentina’s President gets Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez Thursday received the first dose of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in Buenos Aires. Fernandez, 60, reaffirmed the drug’s safety and efficacy after receiving the injection in his left arm at the Posadas Hospital.   “The government’s priority is for the…

Covid-19: World sees 17,502 new deaths in 24 hours

PARIS, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,075,698 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019. At least 96,825,840 cases have been registered. These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and excludes later re-evaluations by statistical…

US finally charges Indonesian jihadist and two Malaysians held at Guantanamo

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US military prosecutors filed formal charges against an Indonesian Islamic extremist and two Malaysians in the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 Jakarta attack, the Pentagon said. The charges were filed nearly 18 years after the three were captured in Thailand and after each has spent…

86 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: IOM

TRIPOLI, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The International Organization forMigration (IOM) said that 86 illegal migrants have been rescuedoff Libyan coast on Thursday. “Today 86 migrants, including 7 women and 19 children, were returned toLibya by the coast guard,” the IOM tweeted. “IOM staff onsite provided emergency support including medicalassistance,” it…

Covid-19: Brazil awaiting 2 million vaccine doses from India

BRASILIA, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — : The Brazilian government said that a shipment of 2 million doses of the British AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine was finally set to arrive in the country from India. The delivery on Friday would be a much-needed boost to Brazil’s vaccination program. “The 2 million doses of AstraZeneca should…

Colombia: FARC party to change blood-soaked name

MEDELLIN (Colombia), Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s FARC party said that it would change its name to move away from the acronym thatidentified the Marxist rebel force for decades. On the heels of a 2016 peace accord, the Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia transitioned to a political party called the Common…

Covid-19: Pres Biden orders masks, travel clampdown in new war on Covid

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden tightened mask wearing rules and ordered quarantine for people flying intothe United States, as he got to work on tackling the coronavirus pandemic on his first full day in power. Signing 10 executive orders in the White House, Biden told the nation…

Covid-19: EU leaders ‘discourage’ travel, eye tougher border rules

BRUSSELS, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – EU leaders “stronglydiscouraged” Europeans from non-essential travel and warned tougherrestrictions on trips could come within days if efforts to curb thecoronavirus fell short. EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel issued the warning aftera four-hour summit by video link with the heads of…