US woman finds $3m lottery ticket in junk email folder

LANSING (Michigan, US), Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US woman discovered she had won $3m from the lottery after checking her spam folder for an unrelated email. Laura Spears, 55, had purchased a Mega Millions ticket online from the state lottery after she saw the jackpot climbing into the hundreds…

Almost 900 evacuated from Machu Picchu area as rains slam Peru

 LIMA, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost 900 people were evacuated from the tourist town serving Machu Picchu, the Inca jewel of Peru’s travel industry, amid rains and floods that left one person missing and several homes destroyed, the tourism ministry said. “So far, in coordination with the Inka Rail and…

US ‘prepared to meet directly’ and ‘urgently’ with Iran

 WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, the State Department reaffirmed Monday, after Tehran said it would consider such an option.    “We are prepared to meet directly,” a State Department spokesperson said.    “We have long held the…

US reports nearly 2 mn migrant apprehensions at southern border in 2021

 WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost 180,000 migrants were apprehended attempting to enter the United States from Mexico in December, official figures published Monday showed.    The additional 178,840 detentions in December bring the total number of apprehensions at the US southern border in 2021 to almost two million —…

Rebel leader killed in Colombia: president

BOGOTA, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The commander of a rebel splinter group that rejects a 2016 peace deal in Colombia has been killed in a clash with the military, the country’s president said Monday.    President Ivan Duque announced in a statement that Euclides Espana — alias Jhonier — had been…

UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ Burkina Faso ‘coup’

 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns” the military takeover in Burkina Faso, and urges the “coup leaders” to lay down their arms, according to a statement issued Monday.   Condemning “any attempt to take over a government by the force of arms,” the UN…

Covid-19: US CDC warns against travel to Peru, Kuwait, UAE

Travelers make their way through Miami International Airport WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department advised against travel to 15 countries and territories, citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for Colombia,…

Canada’s foreign ministry hacked, services hit

OTTAWA, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hackers launched a cyber attack on Canada’s foreign ministry last week and some services are still down, officials said without disclosing who Ottawa thought was responsible. The incident was detected last Wednesday, a day before Canada’s signals intelligence agency said network operators of critical infrastructure…

US puts 8,500 troops on alert to deploy amid Ukraine tensions

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military put about 8,500 troops on alert to be ready to deploy to Europe if needed, potentially on very short notice, in the latest effort to reassure jittery NATO allies in the face of a Russian military buildup near Ukraine. Although the decision did…

US Navy pilot ejects, 7 hurt in F-35 South China Sea ‘landing mishap’

uth China Sea WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven US Navy sailors were hurt on Monday when an F-35C warplane had a “landing mishap” on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea and the pilot ejected, the US Navy said. A navy statement…
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