Venezuela restores electric service after sabotage

CARACAS, Jan 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Venezuelan Energy Ministry reported that the National Electrical Corporation (CORPOELEC) fully restored electrical service in the southwestern region of the country. Previously, the Public Works & Services Minister Nestor Reverol, who monitored the actions from the National Dispatch Center, confirmed that the attacks on…

Ingrid Betancourt to run again for President of Colombia

BOGOTA, Jan 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ingrid Betancourt, a politician who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas while campaigning for the presidency and held hostage for six years, announced she would run again. “I am here to announce that I am going to participate in the…

Covid-19: US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United States’ Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant. Among those no-go destinations are Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Panama, the Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin…

Iran Urges UNSC To Oblige Zionists To Immediately End Systematic Violations Of Human Rights

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, referred here yesterday, to the criminal acts of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine, saying, UNSC must oblige Israel, to put an end to its systematic violations of human rights, in occupied…

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…
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