Presidents Putin, Biden discuss Moscow’s security proposals in year-end telephone call

MOSCOW, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden discussed Russia’s recent security proposals during their telephone call, the Kremlin said. “Both leaders discussed agreements reached during their previous consultations on Dec 7, including the decision to launch negotiations on the provision of legal…

Covid clouds world New Year party

SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world began ushering in 2022 on Friday after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers, and a slight glimmer of hope for better times ahead. The past 12 months saw a new US president, the first spectator-free Olympics, and…

Update: Most devastating wildfire in Colorado history torches some 600 structures

Footage of fires burning in Superior, Colorado DENVER (Colorado, US), Dec 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — After only five hours of burning on Thursday, the Marshall fire in Boulder County, Colorado, engulfed some 600 homes and became the most devastating wildfire in the state’s history. “This is catastrophic,” said ABC News, pointing…

US weather: California announces state of emergency in 20 counties for winter storms

Drivers drive slow through flooded intersections as winter storms continue to pass over Southern California LOS ANGELES, Dec 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency in several counties in the wake of recent winter storms, which caused power outages, damaged structures, uprooted trees and barricaded…

Covid-19: US reports record child hospitalisations

The massive surge in Covid-19 cases in the US is putting children in the hospital in record numbers WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — The number of children hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United States has hit record high due to the Omicron-fueled surge. During the week of Dec 22-28, an…

Diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games is ‘meaningless’: World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

World athletics president Sebastian Coe LONDON, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he takes human rights “very seriously” but that Britain’s diplomatic boycott of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is “meaningless”. The United States, Australia and Canada have also announced a diplomatic boycott of the Games over China’s human rights record,…

Mexico disbands makeshift camp with thousands of migrants

TAPACHULA (Mexico), Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican officials dismantled a makeshift migrant camp in the country’s south near the Guatemalan border, government officials said. Many of the migrants, some families with children, had been waiting in Tapachula camp for months, which some described as a “prison” due to the squalid…

US voices ‘concern’ on Iran space launch but favors talks

  WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States voiced concern about Iran’s new space launch, saying it would help the clerical state’s missile program, but indicated it was still pursuing diplomacy to return to a nuclear deal.    “The United States remains concerned with Iran’s development of space launch vehicles,…

US: Tiger shot dead after biting worker’s arm at Florida zoo

   MIAMI, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tiger was shot dead at a Florida zoo after biting a cleaner who had put his arm through the fencing of its enclosure, law enforcement and local media said.   The cleaner at the Naples Zoo was “was either petting or feeding” the…

Covid-19: Peru closes all beaches for New Year’s celebrations to keep strains at bay

LIMA, Dec 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The government of Peru Wednesday announced access to the country’s beaches, lagoons and rivers will be banned on Dec 31 and Jan 1, 2022, to contain the advance of the covid-19 pandemic. Peru’s Health Minister Hernando Cevallos said closing the countries’ beaches for the remainder…
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