Americas

Five dead in helicopter accident in Cuba: official

HAVANA, Jan 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people died in Cuba on Friday when their helicopter crashed on its way from…

US military slams Chinese flights over South China Sea but says they posed no threat

USS Theodore Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military said that Chinese military flights in the past week in…

UAE says will cooperate with UN, US on Libya conflict

N, US on Libya conflict UAE Ambassador to UN Lana Nusseibeh UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Arab…

Covid-19: Vaccines delayed in Europe and elsewhere, adding to shortfalls

PARIS, Jan 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shortfalls in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries from US drugmaker Moderna have spread across Europe, as Italy joined…

Pres Putin signs extension of last Russia-US nuclear arms treaty

MOSCOW, Jan 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms…

Covid-19: First known US cases of potent South African variant found in South Carolina

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (yellow) WASHINGTON, Jan 29…

Covid-19: 1,000 Cuban, Haitian migrants stranded in Colombia

BOGOTA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The closing of Panama’s border due toCovid-19 has stranded a thousand migrants — most from…

US: Taliban have ‘not met their commitments’ in Afghan peace deal

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Taliban are not meeting thepromises they made in the peace agreement with the United…

Covid-19: WHO virus experts poised to start Wuhan fieldwork

WUHAN (China), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Experts from the World Health Organization met Chinese officials Friday ahead of their first…

Covid-19: UN chief receives vaccine in New York

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine…