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…

Iran Seeks “Maximum Interaction” With All Countries: President

TEHRAN, Jan 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, said yesterday that, his country seeks “maximum interaction” with all countries, especially its neighbours and allies. Through the interactions and cooperation, the mutual interests of countries are met and the “civilised global community” is formed, Raisi said, when addressing the plenary…

Venezuela restores electric service after sabotage

CARACAS, Jan 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Venezuelan Energy Ministry reported that the National Electrical Corporation (CORPOELEC) fully restored electrical service in the southwestern region of the country. Previously, the Public Works & Services Minister Nestor Reverol, who monitored the actions from the National Dispatch Center, confirmed that the attacks on…

Ingrid Betancourt to run again for President of Colombia

BOGOTA, Jan 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ingrid Betancourt, a politician who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas while campaigning for the presidency and held hostage for six years, announced she would run again. “I am here to announce that I am going to participate in the…

Covid-19: US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United States’ Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant. Among those no-go destinations are Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Panama, the Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin…

Iran Urges UNSC To Oblige Zionists To Immediately End Systematic Violations Of Human Rights

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, referred here yesterday, to the criminal acts of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine, saying, UNSC must oblige Israel, to put an end to its systematic violations of human rights, in occupied…

Covid-19: Over 300 mln cases confirmed all over world, WHO says

GENEVA, Jan 20 (NNN-TASS) — The COVID-19 total caseload all over the world has surpassed 330 mln, while the death toll has reached 5.55 mln, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated.    According to the latest data, as many as 332,617,707 people were infected with COVID-19 and some 5,551,314 others…

Covid-19: Mexico reports record 60,000 daily cases

 MEXICO CITY, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s new Covid-19 cases hit a daily record above 60,000 on Wednesday, official figures showed, as the hard-hit country faces a fourth wave of infections linked to the Omicron variant.   The health ministry reported 60,552 new coronavirus infections — the most yet for…

Haitian wanted in president’s killing extradited to US

Photograph of a banner hanging in a street with the image of the assassinated President Jovenel Moise, in Petion-ville, Haiti MIAMI, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Haitian wanted in the assassination of the country’s president was arrested in Miami on Wednesday after being extradited from the Dominican Republic, a US…
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