Roundup: Chaos, Poverty And Hunger – The U.S. Legacy In Afghanistan

By Abdul Haleem KABUL, Dec 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – The outgoing year has been a difficult one for Afghans. Almost as hastily as they had arrived, U.S.-led forces ran for home, after 20 years. The military precision with which the evacuation was executed stands in stark contrast to the chaos left…

Colombian authorities seize assets from arrested drug traffickers

BOGOTA, Decc 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Colombian prosecutors have seized assets worth around US $ 37.2 believed to have been acquired by Gulf Clan leader Dairo Antonio Úsuga, a.k.a. “Otoniel,” with money from illegal deeds. The decision was taken Sunday by the Specialized Directorate for Extinction of Property Rights of the…

Mexico tightens travel requirements on South American visitors

MEXICO CITY, Dec 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Mexican migration authorities have decided over the past few days to reinstate a visa requirement for travelers from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil after it was detected large numbers of those alleged tourists were seeking to go on by land and try to cross into…

Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days on ISS

ALMATY (Kazakhstan), Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Japanese billionaire returned to Earth on Monday, after 12 days spent on the International Space Station where he made videos about performing mundane tasks in space including brushing teeth and going to the bathroom. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano…

President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine President Alberto Fernández said he was entertaining the idea that the country’s capital should not be Buenos Aires, thus resurfacing a controversy from 1853-1860 which then-President Raúl Alfonsín also sought in the 1980s to reshape. “Every day I think if the capital should…

Covid-19: EU set to back Novavax vaccine

    THE HAGUE, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s drug regulator will decide Monday whether to approve a Covid jab by Novavax, which uses a more conventional technology that the US biotech firm hopes will reduce vaccinehesitancy.    Novavax’s jab, a protein-based vaccine of the kind used around the world…

Covid-19: New US push for vaccines, boosters to stem ‘raging’ Omicron

New US push for COVID-19 vaccines, boosters to stem ‘raging’ Omicron WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US health officials urged Americans to get booster shots, wear masks and be careful if they travel over the winter holidays, as the Omicron variant raged across the world and was set to take over as the…

In Brazil’s sweltering Amazon, Santa swaps his sled for boat

A member of the “Amigos do Papai Noel” group, wearing a Santa Claus costume, arrives to Careiro da Varzea, Brazil, to give presents to the children MANAUS (Brazil), Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the heart of Brazil’s steaming-hot Amazon region, a sled would be of little use to Father Christmas.…

Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile presidential election

Gabriel Boric has promised radical reforms to address economic inequality in Chile SANTIAGO, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile’s presidential election after an early concession from his far-right rival, José Antonio Kast. Kast conceded defeat barely an hour and a half after polls closed, and…

UN talks fail to open negotiations on ‘killer robots’

The review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons gets under way at the United Nations in Geneva GENEVA, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Country officials and campaigners have expressed disappointment after United Nations talks on autonomous weapons systems known as “killer robots” stopped short of launching negotiations into an…
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