Pirates kill sailor, kidnap 15 off Nigeria: report

ANKARA, Jan 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) — Armed pirates killed one sailor and abducted 15 from a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday. That left three crew members to sail the Liberian-flagged Mozart owned by a Turkish company. The dead man was Azerbaijani. Turkish news channel NTV spoke…

COVID-19: Venezuela will send oxygen to Manaus every seven days

CARACAS, Jan 24 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced that his country will send oxygen tanks to the Brazilian city Manaus every week. “We are establishing an agreement so that 80,000 more kilos, five gondolas, can arrive every seven days in Manaus (Brazil),” Arreaza said during a…

Hundreds march in Tunisia as protests sharpen

Protesters chanted “the people want the fall of the regime” TUNIS, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people marched in central Tunis against inequality and police brutality, in defiance of a ban on demonstrations and as security forces tried to block off the city’s main central avenue.Protesters chanted “the people…

Update: Chileans receive mistaken tsunami warning following Antarctic quake

SANTIAGO, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica triggered a tsunami warning but panic ensued when a message to abandon coastal areas was sent to a large number of Chileans, some of whom experienced a separate, less dangerous temblor. The shallow Antarctic…

Covid-19: UK vaccination rate hits record daily high, total deaths at 97,329

NHS vaccination centre in York LONDON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain vaccinated 478,248 people in the 24 hours to Saturday with a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a daily record according to government figures, as the total death toll from the virus nears the 100,000 mark, standing at 97,329.…

Ocean Viking rescuers pick up 374 migrants off Libya including month-old baby

The Ocean Viking was released by Italian authorities in December MARSEILLES (France), Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 350 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast by the Ocean Viking humanitarian vessel in just two days, a European NGO running the boat said. SOS Mediterranee said that “106 people…

Portuguese brave COVID-19 lockdown for Jan 24 presidential polls

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is firm favourite for re-election LISBON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Portuguese voters have been asked to venture out despite the country’s pandemic lockdown on Sunday (Jan 24) for a presidential election widely expected to see incumbent Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa win another term. Polls point to…

Covid-19: Top Spanish general resigns over allegations of vaccination queue-jumping

Spanish Chief of the Defence Staff (JEMAD), General Miguel Angel Villarroya MADRID, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s top general resigned on Saturday after allegations he had received the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of priority groups, one of a number of public officials who have sparked public anger because of reports they…

Covid-19: Colombia’s cases top 2 million

A vendor wearing a face mask waits for customers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogota BOGOTA, Jan 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Colombia registered 15,551 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 2,002,969, said the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. The country reported 396 more…

Two earthquakes rock central, southern Chile

SANTIAGO, Jan 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the Magallanes and Antarctica region in the south of Chile on Saturday evening, with no reported casualties or damage to infrastructure. According to the National Seismological Center at the University of Chile, the quake was felt…