Iran Says UN Voting Right “Naturally” Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears

TEHRAN, Jan 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly, after its membership dues to the organisation were paid by South Korea, with frozen Iranian funds, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations announced. Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said that, as soon as Iran’s arrears are received…

US navy stops ship carrying ‘explosive precursor’ from Iran

MANAMA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US navy said it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of a fertiliser that can be used to make explosives as it travelled from Iran along a route previously used to smuggle weapons to Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The navy said it boarded and…

Record year for Argentine wine exports: foreign ministry

 BUENOS AIRES, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIE) — Argentina’s bottled wine exports hit a historic high in 2021 worth $817 million, the foreign ministry reported Saturday. The previous high was the $786 million in foreign wine sales marked in 2012. Leading export destinations were the United States, Britain, Brazil, Canada and the…

Covid-19: Covax opens new front in pandemic arms race

 GENEVA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Covax aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world’s poorest countries — and swiftly getting them into arms. The global scheme, aimed at procuring donor-funded jabs for the 91 weakest economies, delivered its…

Two Canadians shot dead at upscale Mexican resort in argument among guests; another injured

The local police chief tweeted a photo of the wanted gunman  CANCUN (Mexico), Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Canadians have been shot dead and another injured after a dispute among guests at a hotel resort near Cancún, Mexico, local security officials say. Gunfire erupted on Friday at the Hotel Xcaret…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 157,393 new daily cases

BRASILIA, Jan 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 157,393 new COVID-19 infections and 238 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 23,909,175 and the national death toll to 622,801, the National Council of Health Secretariats reported.    It is the fourth day in a row that Brazil…

Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill

 LIMA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. The stunningly powerful eruption last Saturday of an undersea volcano near Tonga unleashed tsunami waves around the Pacific and as far away…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

 PARIS, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . WORLD TALLY: The coronavirus has killed at least 5,583,378 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a compilation from official sources on Saturday. The United States has recorded the most…

Norway: Humanitarian aid tops agenda as Taliban meet Western officials in Oslo

 OSLO, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus at talks opening Sunday in Oslo between the Taliban, the West and members of Afghan civil society. In their first visit to Europe since returning to power in August,…

British national jailed in Iran begins hunger strike: Family

Aryan Ashoori, Sherry Izadi and Elika Ashoori, the son, wife and daughter of Anoosheh Ashoori, a British man who has been jailed in Iran, stage an ’empty chair’ protest opposite Downing Street LONDON, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British national held in Iran for four-and-a-half-years on spying charges vehemently denied…
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