US sanctions five North Koreans after missile launch

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States imposed sanctions on five North Koreans linked to the country’s ballistic missile program, a day after Pyongyang carried out what it said was the launch of a hypersonic missile.   The Treasury Department said the five individuals being sanctioned were “responsible for…

Aid To Afghanistan, Syria, Vaccine Equity Top UNSC Agenda In 2021

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Aid to Afghanistan and Syria, as well as, vaccine equity demands, were high on the 2021 agenda of the UN Security Council (UNSC), which was grappling with more issues as the COVID-19 pandemic caused various problems, including an economic fallout, the UNSC said, in…

Covid-19: Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation – WHO

   UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Omicron is quickly overtaking the Delta variant of COVID-19 and becoming dominant around the world, a senior WHO official has warned, with the global health agency cautioning that there is “increasing evidence” Omicron is able to evade immunity but has less disease severity as compared to other…

US Coast Guard rescues 176 Haitians from sailboat near Florida

Haitian migration towards the United States has been on the rise as the island nation battles poverty, violence and political instability MIAMI (Florida, US), Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States Coast Guard pulled 176 Haitians from an overloaded, unseaworthy boat as it approached the coast of Florida, officials said,…

600 Killed In U.S.-Led Anti-Daesh Airstrikes In Northern Syria In 2017: War Monitor

DAMASCUS, Jan 12 (NNN-SANA) – A war monitor revealed yesterday that, 600 people were killed between June and Oct, 2017, during the U.S.-led airstrikes, targeting positions of the Daesh group, in Syria’s northern province of Raqqa. According to a report, published on the website of the Syrian Observatory for Human…

Covid-19: No more isolation for asymptomatic people with booster doses in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 12 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine Health Authorities have decided that from now on, people who have taken three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and remain asymptomatic following close contact with a positive case of the disease shall no longer be required to isolate themselves. The officials gathered under…

Chile: Boric wants pardon for all those prosecuted for 2019 Social Outbreak

SANTIAGO, Jan 12 (NNN-MEERCOPRESS) — Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric has asked his country’s Parliament to approve a general pardon for all those still detained or facing criminal charges for their involvement in the Social Outbreak of 2019. Boric was hopeful the Chilean Congress will reach a decision on the matter…

Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Lendore dies following car crash in US

HOUSTON (Texas, US), Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Trinidad and Tobago’ sprinter Deon Lendore has died in the United States at the age of 29 following a car accident in Texas, US. U.S. media reports said the three-times Olympian, who anchored his country to the 4x400m bronze medal at the 2012…

Iran nuclear talks proceeding too slowly, says France

 France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian PARIS, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International negotiations on Iran’s nuclear activities are proceeding so slowly that they are unlikely to lead to any agreement “within a realistic timeframe,” France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. The discussions taking place in Vienna “are under way…

Covid-19: Mexican president doing well despite second bout

  MEXICO CITY, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he was doing well despite catching Covid-19 for a second time, reassuring the country that Omicron was a less dangerous variant. “I’m feeling pretty good,” Lopez Obrador, 68, said in a video message played during a news…
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