U.S. Delivers Written Letter To Russia Addressing Moscow’s Concerns: Blinken

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said, the U.S. has delivered a written letter to Russia, addressing Moscow’s concerns, amid escalating tensions on Ukraine’s border. Blinken told a press conference that the letter, which was delivered to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by the…

U.S. Forces Send 130 Tankers Of “Stolen Syrian Oil” To Iraq: State Media

DAMASCUS, Jan 27 (NNN-SANA) – The U.S. forces in north-eastern Syria, sent 130 tankers of “stolen Syrian oil” to Iraq in recent hours. With the help of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the batch of “stolen” oil was sent from Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah to northern Iraq, through a…

Canada: 93 potential indigenous graves found at school site

    MONTREAL, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An Indigenous community in Canada has identified nearly 100 “potential” graves at a residential school site, months after the discovery of hundreds of children’s remains at former boardingschools rocked the country.    The Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) community said on Tuesday that a…

US shooting: Second NY cop dies after gun battle in Harlem

NYPD officers salute as the body of Officer Wilbert Mora is transferred from NYU Langone Hospital to a Medical Examiner’s office in New York City NEW YORK, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A New York policeman wounded in an exchange of gunfire last week died Tuesday, raising the toll in the…

WHO chief poised for second term after rough ride

GENEVA, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been nominated for a second term by its executive board. Dr Tedros will be the only candidate for the election in May. No WHO director general has had a rougher ride than him – the…

US approves $2.56 billion in military sales to Egypt

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US State Department approved two major military equipment sales to Egypt of transport aircraft and radar systems, despite ongoing concerns in Washington over Cairo’s human rightsrecord.    The sale of 12 C-130 J Super Hercules transports and accompanying equipment is worth $2.2 billion.   …

IMF urges El Salvador to remove bitcoin as legal tender

  WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF called on El Salvador to change course and stop using bitcoin as legal tender, citing “large risks” posed by the cryptocurrency.   The small Central American nation in September became the first country in the world to embrace the digital money, allowing…

Covid-19: Brazil registers 487 deaths in 24 hours

BRASILIA, Jan 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 487 more deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours Tuesday, bringing the pandemic death toll to 623,843, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry’s daily pandemic report, tests detected 183,722 new COVID-19 infections in the same period, raising the accumulated caseload to 24,311,317.…

UN experts land in Peru to help clean up oil spill

Oil Spill In Peru LIMA, Jan 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — A team of UN experts on environmental disasters arrived in Peru to assist the cleanup of the oil spill that occurred near capital Lima on Jan 15 at a refinery operated by Spanish energy company Repsol. “The team of United Nations…

US Coast Guard searching for 39 missing off Florida

A man, who says he was one of 40 people who left Bimini, Bahamas, on Saturday before encountering severe weather, sits on a capsized boat off the coast of Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The US Coast Guard said it is searching for 39 people who…
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