Americas

Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin

   WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the…

Chilean Electoral Court proclaims Gabriel Boric President

SANTIAGO, Jan 11 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chile’s Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones (Tricel-official electoral body) officially proclaimed Monday the victory of the…

Daniel Ortega sworn in for a new term as President of Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Jan 11 (NNN-TELESUR) — The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Vice President Rosario Murillo Zambrana received the…

Nigerian Amina Mohammed reappointed as Deputy UN Secretary-General

Amina Mohammed with current Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s former Environment Minister Amina Mohammed…

Mexico’s president once again tests positive for COVID-19

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, Jan 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he…

Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant

Surgeon Bartley P. Griffith pictured with David Bennett earlier this month  BALTIMORE (Maryland, US), Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US…

Covid-19: Vaccine pass protesters attack French MP Stéphane Claireaux with seaweed

French MP Stéphane Claireaux compared the incident outside his home to a “stoning” PARIS, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French…

US police pull crashed pilot from path of speeding train

 LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A pilot was pulled to safety from his downed plane seconds before it was…

20 years on, US must close ‘ugly’ Guantanamo chapter: UN experts

   GENEVA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two decades after the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, a group of UN…

Update: Russia, US make no breakthrough on Ukraine but agree to keep talking

 GENEVA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia told the United States at tense talks Monday that it had no plans to…