Covid-19: Covax delivers one billionth vaccine dose

GENEVA, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covax scheme aimed at equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines hit a “key milestone” Saturday when it delivered its one billionth dose, one of its key backers said.    The Covax facility was set up in 2020 by the World Health Organization, Gavi the…

Inside a migrant caravan leaving Honduras

  SAN PEDRO SULA (Honduras), Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of men, women and children gathered early Saturday morning in the parking lot of San Pedro Sula’s main transit hub, on the edge of the northern Honduran city.    Before the sun rose, many had already departed on foot, carrying…

US: Texas police in synagogue hostage standoff

COLLEYVILLE (Texas, US), Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hostage negotiators were locked in a tense standoff Saturday at a Texas synagogue where a man apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist had taken several captives, police and media said.    Over eight hours into the crisis, police in Colleyville, Texas…

US: Woman killed after being pushed in front of train in New York City

NEW YORK, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the Times Square station on Saturday, police said, a little more than a week after the mayor and governor announced plans to boost subway policing and outreach to homeless people…

Former Haiti senator arrested in Jamaica over president’s assassination

The Late President Jovenel Moise KINGSTON, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Haitian lawmaker who is a suspect in the assassination of the country’s president has been arrested in Jamaica, Jamaican authorities said on Saturday. Ex-senator Jean Joel Joseph, wanted in the July 7, 2021 killing of president Jovenel Moise, was arrested…

Czech president opposes abuse of Olympic idea for political aims

PRAGUE, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Czech President Milos Zeman has spoken out against a boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics. “I am fundamentally against the misuse of the Olympic idea for political purposes,” Zeman said in a statement on the Prague Castle website. According to him, there is now…

Covid-19: Infections inside US immigration detention centers surge by 520 pct in 2022

A moment of silence for American lives lost to Covid-19 recently held at the Capitol in Washington NEW YORK, Jan 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — The number of coronavirus infections among immigrants detained at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers has surged by 520 percent since the start of 2022.…

Canadian foreign minister to visit Ukraine, vows to deter Russian aggression

Melanie Joly, Canadian Foreign Minister OTTAWA, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will visit Kyiv next week to reaffirm support for Ukrainian sovereignty and reinforce efforts to deter “aggressive actions” by Russia, Ottawa said on Saturday.Moscow has stationed more than 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine…

Tsunami warning for US West Coast, flooding in Hawaii after Tonga eruption

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tsunami warnings were issued for the entire US West Coast after a massive volcanic eruption across the Pacific Ocean in Tonga, with tsunami waves triggering low-level flooding in Hawaii.    The US National Weather Service issued tsunami advisories from California to Alaska, predicting…

Iranian Ambassador To Spain Slams EU’s Inaction Against U.S. Sanctions

TEHRAN, Jan 16 (NNN-ISNA) – The Iranian ambassador to Spain, yesterday, blasted Europe’s inaction, in the face of U.S. pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal, saying, the European Union (EU), in practice, took no effective measure against Washington’s “cruel” sanctions on Tehran, after U.S. unilateral withdrawal. Hassan Qashqavi made the…
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