Beijing Winter Olympics: UN urges countries to honor ‘Olympic Truce’

 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations General Assembly president on Thursday urged countries worldwide and all warring parties to respect the traditional “Olympic Truce” during February’s Beijing Games, which several major global powers will diplomatically boycott.   “I solemnly appeal to all Member States to demonstrate their…

First Relief Flights Arrive In Tonga After Volcano Eruption: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The first relief flights arrived at Tonga’s just re-opened international airport yesterday, carrying much-needed water, sanitation and shelter supplies, communications gear and power generators, UN humanitarians said. The arrivals came as assessment teams reached most parts of the remote south-west Pacific nation, including far-flung…

Covid-19: Brazil approves Sinovac’s Coronavac for those aged 6 to 17

Angela Kawamoto dos Santos and her children Yasmin and Yuri pose for a photo after they received a dose of Sinovac Biotech’s Coronavac vaccine BRASILIA, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health regulator Anvisa approved the emergency use of Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Coronavac on those without underlying health risks aged…

US charges second man in Haitian president’s murder

MIAMI, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Justice Department charged a Haitian-Chilean man Thursday with conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise last July. The charges were unveiled in federal court in Miami against Rodolphe Jaar, 49, after he was arrested in the…

Covid-19: US airliner turns back mid-flight due to passenger defying mask rule

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An American Airlines jetliner headed from Miami to London turned around in mid-flight on Thursday because a passenger refused to wear a COVID-19 mask, the airline said. “American Airlines flight 38 with service from Miami to London returned to MIA due to a disruptive customer…

Four people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada border

Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the scene where four people were found dead near the US-Canada border MONTREAL, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few metres from the US border along a…

UN Chief Alarmed At Continued Airstrikes In Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, expressed alarm at the continued airstrikes in Sanaa, Hodeidah and elsewhere in Yemen, in recent days, said his spokesman. Guterres also noted with alarm that, missile attacks and shelling continued in several areas in the country. All of these…

Covid-19: Omicron starts receding in the United States – data showed

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States appears to be emerging from its latest coronavirus wave driven by the Omicron variant, data showed, though cases remain far higher than during any previous surge and Covid hospitalizations are at a peak. The fast to rise, fast to fall graph could…

Maimunah Of Malaysia Re-Elected As Head Of UN-Habitat

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia was re-elected by the UN General Assembly, as the executive director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), for a term of office of two years. Her initial four-year term ended on Wednesday. Her new two-year term started yesterday:…

Covid-19: World breaks daily case record

   PARIS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world registered a record-high average of more than three million coronavirus cases a day between Jan 13 and 19, fuelled by the Omicron variant.   The figure has increased more than five-fold since the highly transmissible strain was detected in South Africa and…
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