Covid-19: Brazil green-lights vaccines for children age 5-11

BRASILIA, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health authorities authorized Covid-19 vaccines for children age five to 11 on Wednesday, as South America’s most populous country faces a rapid increase in cases due to holiday gatherings and the arrival of the Omicron variant.    The final green light by Brazil’s Ministry…

UN condemns attack against its Lebanon peacekeepers

 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations slammed as “unacceptable” an overnight attack against peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.    The peacekeepers — members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) — were attacked late Tuesday night by “unknown perpetrators,” he said.   …

UK BLM protesters acquitted over pulling down of slave trader statue

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England LONDON, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Three men and a woman were cleared of causing criminal damage for helping to pull down a statue of a 17th century slave trade…

Pro-government lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez reelected president of Venezuelan National Assembly

Venezuelan pro-Government deputies arrive in a caravan carrying portraits of the liberator Simon Bolivar (L) and the late president Hugo Chavez (R) to the National Assembly building to swear in an extraordinary ceremony, in Caracas CARACAS, Jan 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Pro-government Deputy Jorge Rodriguez was reelected president of Venezuela’s National…

US: Man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X is suing New York state for $20 million

Muhammad Aziz NEW YORK, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Muhammad Aziz, one of the two men who last month were exonerated in the 1965 killing of US civil rights leader Malcolm X, sued New York state for at least $20 million in damages, saying his imprisonment had caused “deep and lasting…

US: Thirteen people killed in Philadelphia house fire

  PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania, US), Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirteen people, including seven children, died when fire tore through public housing apartments in the eastern US city of Philadelphia on Wednesday, officials said.   Philadelphia Fire Department deputy commissioner Craig Murphy said the toll was “dynamic,” with two people rushed to…

Iraqi PM Condemns “Absurd” Attacks On Military Bases Hosting Foreign Advisers

BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, yesterday, called the attacks on Iraqi military bases “absurd,” stressing the end of combat mission of the U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq, after their withdrawal from the country. “Unfortunately, there are some absurd actions within the first days of the…

Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro discharged from hospital after gut blockage

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro SAO PAULO, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he was discharged from hospital on Wednesday morning, two days after being admitted with an intestinal obstruction, his latest health complication from a 2018 stabbing. “Being discharged now. Thank you all,” Bolsonaro posted on Twitter alongside…

Covid-18: New records in US, UK, France, Australia as Omicron runs rampant

 PARIS, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US, Britain, France and Australia have all announced record numbers of daily Covid-19 cases as the WHO warned that Omicron’s dizzying spread increased the risk of newer, more dangerous variants emerging.   Britain breached 200,000 cases for the first time on Tuesday, Australia posted almost…

NATO foreign ministers to hold emergency talks on Ukraine

 BRUSSELS, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — NATO foreign ministers will hold an emergency videoconference on Friday to discuss Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine, after a raft of demands from Moscow, the alliance said.    Tensions have soared in recent months as the West has warned that the Kremlin could be planning a…
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