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…

US: Pres Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election if he stood for office again. “She’s going to be my running mate,” Biden said of Harris during a press conference held to mark the…

Peru says oil spill caused by Tonga waves is an ‘ecological disaster’

A dead bird lies on a beach during a clean-up LIMA, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An oil spill at a refinery in Peru during high waves caused by the explosion last weekend of a volcano in Tonga is an “ecological disaster”, the Peruvian government said. The foreign ministry said that the oil spill had…

US mulling redesignating Yemen’s Houthis as terrorist group after deadly drone attack on UAE

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden said his administration is considering redesignating Yemen’s Houthi movement as an international terrorist organisation following drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) claimed by the group. His comment at a news conference came shortly after the Emirati Embassy tweeted that…

US shooting: 3 police officers charged with fatally shooting 8-year-old Fanta Bility, injuring 3 others

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US prosecutors have charged three policemen with an eight-year-old girl’s death, dropping a murder case against two teenagers who were initially held. The officers opened fire on a vehicle outside a high school football game near Philadelphia on Aug 27, 2021 after hearing gunshots a block…

Covid-19: WHO warns pandemic not over amid Europe case records

GENEVA, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic “is nowhere near over”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned against the assumption that the newly dominant Omicron variant is significantly milder and has eliminated the threat…

UN confirms 2021 among seven hottest years on record

  GENEVA, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The past seven years have been the hottest on record, the United Nations confirmed, adding that 2021 temperatures remained high despite the cooling effect of the La Nina weatherphenomenon.   “The warmest seven years have all been since 2015,” the UN’s World Meteorological Organization…

Senior US diplomats in Sudan for talks over ending crisis

 KHARTOUM, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senior US diplomats met with pro-democracy activists Wednesday in Sudan as part of talks to discuss the way forward after last year’s military coup, Washington’s embassy in Khartoum said. Sudan has been shaken by regular protests and a deadly crackdown since the Oct 25 military…
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