At least 6 dead, 1 missing after ship sinks in Brazil

  BRASILIA, Oct 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least six people died and another one is missing after a ship sank in the Paraguay River in the central-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, local authorities reported on Saturday.   The mishap occurred on Friday afternoon when a strong wind caused the…

Covid-19: Frustrated and weary over long pandemic hours, more US workers are striking

  NEW YORK, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exhausted after working long hours during the coronavirus pandemic and resentful that their bosses are not sharing sometimes huge profits, tens of thousands of nurses, laborers andentertainment workers are going on strike across the United States.   If they fail to reach agreement…

Covid-19: US administers 407.4 million doses of vaccines – CDC

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has administered 407,446,961 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday morning and distributed 494,918,755 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Thee figures are up from the 406,570,875 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Oct 15 out…

Judge indicts Franco-era Spanish minister for four charges of homicide

A statue of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco being loaded into a box MADRID, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Argentine judge, who has investigated a series of cases relating to the Franco dictatorship in Spain, has indicted a former Spanish minister for four cases of alleged homicide. Judge Maria…

Seventeen US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti: Report

People outside Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-prince, Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, US media reported. The kidnapping happened after the missionaries left an orphanage…

Venezuelan government suspends negotiations with opposition

CARACAS/PRAIA, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela said it would suspend negotiations with the opposition that were set to resume this weekend, after Cape Verde extradited Colombian businessman Alex Saab to the United States on money laundering charges. The announcement was made by Socialist party legislator Jorge Rodriguez, who heads the government’s negotiating…

Mexico finds nearly 2,000 irregular migrants in one day

MEXICO CITY, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico identified in one day nearly 2,000 migrants in the country irregularly, the government said.  Control operations by the National Migration Institute (INM)on Friday turned up 1,957 migrants from different countries, the government statement said. The majority, 532 migrants, were identified in the state…

Iraq’s Cleric Sets Conditions For Dealing With Washington When Taking Office

BAGHDAD, Oct 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s prominent Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, set several conditions yesterday, to deal with the United States if his Sadrist Movement takes office. One of the conditions is that, diplomatic relations between the United States and Iraq should be “state-to-state with full sovereignty,” al-Sadr tweeted, after…

Nigeria: US cautious over claims key Daesh African leader is dead

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Claims from Nigeria that the leader of one of the fastest-growing Daesh terror group affiliates is dead are being met with extreme caution in the United States. Officials at the White House, Pentagon and State Department said they were aware of accounts that Islamic State…

Covid-19: WTO again fails to agree on vaccine patent waiver

  GENEVA, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Trade Organization said its member nations had again failed to agree to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, with some countries doubting a deal could be reached unless certain delegations make “real compromises”.   South Africa and India have called for…
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