Americas

Record year for Argentine wine exports: foreign ministry

 BUENOS AIRES, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIE) — Argentina’s bottled wine exports hit a historic high in 2021 worth $817 million, the…

Covid-19: Covax opens new front in pandemic arms race

 GENEVA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Covax aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of…

Two Canadians shot dead at upscale Mexican resort in argument among guests; another injured

The local police chief tweeted a photo of the wanted gunman  CANCUN (Mexico), Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Canadians have…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 157,393 new daily cases

BRASILIA, Jan 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 157,393 new COVID-19 infections and 238 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking…

Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill

 LIMA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

 PARIS, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . WORLD TALLY: The coronavirus has…

Norway: Humanitarian aid tops agenda as Taliban meet Western officials in Oslo

 OSLO, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in…

British national jailed in Iran begins hunger strike: Family

Aryan Ashoori, Sherry Izadi and Elika Ashoori, the son, wife and daughter of Anoosheh Ashoori, a British man who has…

Brazil: Rio vows to revitalise two crime-racked slums

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The governor of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state announced plans on Saturday for…

Russian and UK defence ministers to meet over Ukraine

  LONDON, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation to meet his British counterpart Ben…