Covid-19: Latin America registers record daily cases

  BUENOS AIRES, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin America and the Caribbean registered a record of more than 300,000 new daily Covid-19 cases from Jan 7-13, according to official figures.   Argentina was the worst affected country accounting for almost 140,000 of those cases, as well as a seven-day average of…

Covid-19: Brazil begins vaccinating young children despite Bolsonaro objection

  SAO PAULO, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil began vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 on Friday after the move was approved, despite objections from President Jair Bolsonaro.    Davi Seremramiwe Xavante, an Indigenous eight-year-old boy, was the first child to be vaccinated during an official ceremony at a…

US shooting: Man arrested in shootout that injured 8-year-old at Louisville playground

Dewann Lamont Billups LOUISVILLE (Kentucky, US), Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An American man has been charged in connection with a shootout that injured an 8-year-old boy. Dewann Billups, 22, of Louisville, is facing charges of assault, wanton endangerment and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. Police say he…

US shooting: Pregnant Congolese immigrant fatally shot in front of her family in Louisville

Nyota Bawili was fatally shot in front of her family LOUISVILLE (Kentucky, US), Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A pregnant mother and wife, who immigrated to the US from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to escape the violence and war in her native country, was fatally shot in front of…

Shortages At U.S. Grocery Stores Increasing: AP

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather, led to increasing shortages at U.S. grocery stores in recent weeks, the Associate Press reported. The shortages impact produce, meat, and packaged goods, such as cereal, the report said, adding that, the shortages are widespread and are being…

Rockets Hit Baghdad Green Zone, Two Wounded

BAGHDAD, Jan 14 (NNN-NINA) – Several rockets yesterday hit the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses the U.S. embassy in central Baghdad, wounding a woman and a child, the Iraqi military said. “The innocent people in the Green Zone were attacked by several rockets, fired from the Doura neighbourhood in…

U.S. To Allow Lebanon To Import Energy Through Syria: Lebanese FM

BEIRUT, Jan 14 (NNN-NNA) – The U.S. will allow Lebanon to import natural gas and electricity from Egypt and Jordan through Syria, without being subject to restrictions imposed by the U.S. Caesar Act, which prohibits cooperation with Syria, Lebanese Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, said yesterday. The U.S. authorities informed…

Venezuela resumes crude exports after nine months

CARACAS, Jan 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA will begin exporting diluted crude oil (DCO) this week after a nine-month stoppage, it was reported in Caracas. The last time PDVSA shipped diluted crude to Asia was in April last year. The extra heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt must be…

Covid-19: Bolivian VP and 6 ministers positive with covid

LA PAZ, Jan 13 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced. “We communicate to the Bolivian people that the vice president and the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Development Planning, Justice and Public Education received…

Family: Freed Guantanamo terror suspect should not face restrictions in Kenya

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (NNN-KNA) — A family whose kin had been in US detention for more than 14 years without any charge or trial wants preservation of public security through executive restraint of personal liberty upon entry into Kenyan soil. Abdulmalik Mohamed Bajabu, from Mombasa, Kenya who was in Guantanamo…
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