Russian Pres Putin congratulates Pres-elect Joe Biden on US election victory: Kremlin

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Moscow March 10, 2011 MOSCOW, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote…

Kenya: Striking nurses and clinicians enters 2nd week of protests

The healthcare workers have been on strike since last Monday. NAIROBI, Dec 15 (NNN-KBC) — Patients at various public hospitals remained stranded for the second week as health care workers ditched hospitals for the streets demanding the government addresses their welfare concerns. The protests continue amid mounting pressure to unlock…

Somali government cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya

MOGADISHU, Dec 15 (NNN-KBC) — The federal government of Somalia has cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Kenya. It has recalled all its diplomats from Nairobi and given Kenyan diplomats in Mogadishu seven days to leave the country. The announcement was made by the Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe on…

Covid-19: London set for tighter curbs as new variant emerges in England

LONDON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British capital faces tougher Covid-19 measures within days, the UK government said, with a new coronavirus variant emerging as a possible cause for rapidly rising infection rates. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said London, and parts of three surrounding counties, would move into the highest…

Covid-19: US finds first case of coronavirus in wild animal, an Utah mink

The virus has killed more than 15,000 farmed mink in the United States since August WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Agriculture said that it confirmed the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal, a mink. The discovery increases concerns about outbreaks in mink as…

ICC rejects Uighur genocide complaint against China

According to reports and witness testimonies, there are more than a million Uighurs held against their will in different camps in Xinjiang THE HAGUE, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International Criminal Court prosecutors have rejected calls by exiled Uighurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, the chief prosecutor’s…

Venezuelan migrant shipwreck dead rises to 20

CARACAS, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 20 Venezuelan migrants died when a ship heading for Trinidad and Tobago sank, the public prosecutor’s office said. Over the weekend the Venezuelan government said 14 bodies had been recovered either at sea or washed up on a beach. Attorney General Tarek William Saab…

Morocco’s police disperse protest against ties with Israel

A protester against the normalization deal between Morocco and Israel gestures, in Rabat RABAT, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moroccan authorities dispersed a group of activists who tried to hold a protest outside the parliament building in the capital to denounce the country’s recent decision to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. Dozens…

Covid-19: US records deadliest week since pandemic started with 17,000 deaths

 US death toll from coronavirus topped 300,000 on Monday NEW YORK, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States lost more than 17,000 people to COVID-19 last week, the largest number since the beginning of the global pandemic, with North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa reporting the most deaths per capita…

Covid-19: Teachers should be among first for vaccination – UNESCO

PARIS, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations agency for education, UNESCO, called on governments to give teachers priority access to the new Covid-19 vaccines and be treated like “frontline” workers. The call came as the United States, the country worst hit by the virus, kickstarted the biggest vaccination drive…