US: Tiger shot dead after biting worker’s arm at Florida zoo

   MIAMI, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tiger was shot dead at a Florida zoo after biting a cleaner who had put his arm through the fencing of its enclosure, law enforcement and local media said.   The cleaner at the Naples Zoo was “was either petting or feeding” the…

Covid-19: Peru closes all beaches for New Year’s celebrations to keep strains at bay

LIMA, Dec 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The government of Peru Wednesday announced access to the country’s beaches, lagoons and rivers will be banned on Dec 31 and Jan 1, 2022, to contain the advance of the covid-19 pandemic. Peru’s Health Minister Hernando Cevallos said closing the countries’ beaches for the remainder…

Covid-19: Sanitary emergency declared in Bolivia as cases soar

LA PAZ, Dec 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) –The Government of Bolivia declared a nationwide sanitary emergency due to an increase in the number of covid-19 cases, Health Minister Jeyson Auza announced. After a National Strategic Council meeting, Auza conveyed the body’s decision: “This declaration of national health emergency has a social security…

Covid-19: Quebec announces curfew, Ontario cuts isolation period as Canada tackles Omicron

People queue to pick up coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen test kits, as the latest Omicron variant emerges as a threat, at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto TORONTO, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada’s Ontario and Quebec announced fresh measures to combat COVID-19 as the country faces a rise in cases that has…

Brazilian Pres Bolsonaro refuses flood aid from Argentina, drawing Bahia rebuke

Sergio da Silva dos Santos hands clothes to other residents in front of a flooded house accessed by canoe at Sambaituba in Ilheus, Bahia state RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rejected an offer of aid from Argentina, saying that his country did not need…

US wildfire: Wind-driven Colorado grass fire destroys hundreds of homes, displaces thousands

DENVER (Colorado, US), Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fierce, wind-driven wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes, injured at least a half dozen people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in and around two towns east of the Rockies near Denver, authorities said. The swiftly spreading prairie grass…

Presidents Biden, Putin hold phone call amid heightened tensions over Ukraine

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — US President Joe Biden spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via phone on Thursday amid heightened tensions over Ukraine. Biden urged Russia to “de-escalate tensions with Ukraine” and he made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will “respond decisively if…

Chile road accident kills 9

SANTIAGO, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — A road accident in the town of Peumo, in the O’Higgins region in central Chile, killed nine and seriously injured two, the Chilean government reported. According to Ricardo Guzman, an official from the O’Higgins region, a large truck and a van carrying workers collided and…

Iraqi PM Confirms End Of U.S.-Led Combat Mission In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, confirmed yesterday, the end of the U.S.-led coalition forces’ combat mission in Iraq, after the withdrawal of the forces from the country. “The combat mission of the international coalition has ended, and all the combat equipment withdrew outside Iraq,” al-Kadhimi…

Four dead after gunmen hit public transport in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least four people have been reported dead after a group of unidentified gunmen fired shots on two public transport buses while another four people wounded following the attack in southern Port-au-Prince. Despite promises by the authorities to guarantee security and peace, the country is…
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