Mexico’s president once again tests positive for COVID-19

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, Jan 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time. Lopez Obrador, 68, tweeted that he has “mild symptoms” and will continue to work while being isolated. “I will communicate virtually…

Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant

Surgeon Bartley P. Griffith pictured with David Bennett earlier this month  BALTIMORE (Maryland, US), Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour…

Covid-19: Vaccine pass protesters attack French MP Stéphane Claireaux with seaweed

French MP Stéphane Claireaux compared the incident outside his home to a “stoning” PARIS, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French MP has been attacked by a crowd of Covid-19 pass protesters outside his home in the overseas territory of St Pierre and Miquelon in North Atlantic. Video showed Stéphane Claireaux…

US police pull crashed pilot from path of speeding train

 LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A pilot was pulled to safety from his downed plane seconds before it was smashed to pieces by a speeding train in California, police said. In bodycam footage, the bloodied pilot can be seen trapped in his cockpit as Los Angeles police officers desperately…

20 years on, US must close ‘ugly’ Guantanamo chapter: UN experts

   GENEVA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two decades after the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, a group of UN experts urged Washington to finally close the site of “unrelenting human rights violations”.    More than a dozen independent UN rights experts voiced outrage that the military prison in Cuba created…

Update: Russia, US make no breakthrough on Ukraine but agree to keep talking

 GENEVA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia told the United States at tense talks Monday that it had no plans to invade Ukraine, as the two sides agreed to more efforts to keep tensions from turning into a full-blown confrontation.   After more than seven hours of negotiations in Geneva, the Russian…

Weather expert predicts more disasters looming for Brazil

BRASÍLIA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The tragic collapse of a cliff that left 10 dead in Brazil on Saturday was caused by torrential rains and more disasters could be on the way, meteorologist Estael Sias said. Two months of downpours have caused deadly flooding in several Brazilian states, including Bahia…

Belize to host West Africa – Latin America Trade, Investment Conference

BELMOPAN (Belize), Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belmopan, capital of Belize, is set to host the West Africa – Latin America Trade, Investment, and Sister City Conference, which is slated for Feb 13-20.Mayor of Belmopan, Sheran Sharon Palacio, the first woman mayor of the capital city, expressed delight that the city…

US says spoke to Russia on reciprocal action, warned on Ukraine

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (L) and Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (R)   GENEVA, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said she spoke to Russia about reciprocal moves to de-escalate on missiles and exercises, but renewed warnings of major costs if…

U.S. Hospitals Strained With Influx Of Patients Amid Latest COVID-19 Surge: Media

NEW YORK, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – As the highly infectious Omicron variant takes command amid the lingering pandemic, the most significant infection surge of COVID-19 to date is emerging in the United States, putting additional pressure on an overtaxed health care system. “We have seen an incredible proliferation of the…
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