Covid-19: Venezuela to buy 10 million doses of Russian vaccine

CARACAS, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that his government has agreed to buy 10 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19. The vaccines will come in the first quarter of 2021, Maduro said at an event in Caracas broadcast on government television, adding that…

Covid-19: US adds 1 million cases in less than a week

 WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, adding one million new cases in less than a week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The dizzying rise came as cities and states across the United States were implementing new restrictions to try to…

US election: Pres Trump retracts apparent admission of defeat

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump appeared accidentally to admit his election defeat in a tweet on Sunday morning — before reversing course to claim he won, and once again push unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud in the vote. Trump has refused to concede the Nov 3 US…

Armenian leader calls for halt to violence over peace deal

YEREVAN, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has fuelled outrage over a controversial peace deal with Azerbaijan, called for a halt to violence after reports of an attempt on his life. Last week, Pashinyan announced a Moscow-brokered peace deal that ended weeks of heavy fighting over…

Covid-19: British PM ‘fit as a butcher’s dog’ but self-isolating in virus scare

LONDON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was in “good health” and had no symptoms despite self-isolating after an MP he was in contact with tested positive for coronavirus. “It doesn’t matter that I’m fit as a butcher’s dog, feel great…that I’ve had the disease…

Covid-19: Moderna says vaccine 94.5% effective

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moderna announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was shown to be 94.5 percent effective according to early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants. “This positive interim analysis from our Phase 3 study has given us the first clinical validation that our…

US-owned Western Union to shut Cuba offices from Nov 23

HAVANA, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Western Union will close its Cuba operation on Nov 23, following new US sanctions that prevent it from working with Havana’s military financial firm, Fincimex, the Cuban company announced Friday. “Fincimex and Western Union have decided to suspend from 23 November the transfer of money…

President Maduro rejects EU sanctions renewal against Venezuela

CARACAS, Nov 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro rejected the European Union (EU) Council’s decision to extend sanction against the country, noting the bloc is playing an “outrageous and sad role”. “The EU stuck to Donald Trump’s tail and automatically continues with its cruel, ruthless and failed policy against Venezuela (…)…

Illegal migrants: Spain reinforces security measures in the Canary Islands

MADRID, Nov 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Spanish government announced that it would reinforce security in the Canary Islands following a surge of migrants’ arrivals in recent days. The Ministry of Territorial Policy said that it would increase the vigilance as illegal migration has grown to 900 percent this year. The…

Violence against journalists in Mexico adds another victim

MEXICO CITY, Nov 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — Early Monday morning, Israel Vázquez, a crime reporter in the Mexican city of Salamanca, was gunned down after receiving a tip that led him to a plastic bag full of human remains left on a side street, an apparent plot to lure him to…