Brazil health regulator calls for Africa travel restrictions, Bolsonaro dismissive

BRASILIA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health regulator Anvisa recommended on Friday that travel be restricted from some African countries due to the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, but President Jair Bolsonaro appeared to dismiss such measures. Anvisa said its recommendation, which would need government approval to be implemented,…

Covid-19: WHO says new variant is of ‘concern’, names it Omicron

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The discovery of a new coronavirus variant triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year. The United States will restrict travel…

‘We need to work’: Hundreds of migrants form new US-bound caravan in Mexico

TAPACHULA (Mexico), Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Central American and Haitian migrants formed a new caravan on Friday in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, and began walking north toward the United States. The migrants said they wanted to leave Chiapas as they had not…

Covid-19: WTO postpones major meeting after new variant outbreak

GENEVA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new coronavirus variant on Friday when it postponed its first ministerial meeting in four years due to the deteriorating health situation. Ministers from WTO members were due to have gathered next week for a…

Kabul To Resume Taliban-U.S. Talks In Doha

KABUL, Nov 27 (NNN-ANA) – Spokesman for the Taliban-led administration, Zabihullah Mujahid said, talks between Taliban and the U.S. would resume in Qatar’s capital, Doha. “The officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would resume talks and continue the talks with U.S. representatives, in line with the Doha agreement, and…

UN chief calls for immediate end to fighting in Ethiopia

The war broke out in November 2020 in the country’s Tigray region ADDIS ABABA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the fighting in Ethiopia, as the United States warned there was “no military solution” to the African nation’s civil war.The…

Mexico pulls migrants from southern ‘prison’ city, warding off another caravan

1/5 Migrants queue to get on buses after accepting an offer from the Mexican government to obtain humanitarian visas to transit the Mexican territory, at a stadium in Tapachula, Mexico TAPACHULA (Mexico), Nov 26 NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican officials have begun dispersing several hundred migrants gathered in the southern city of…

US threatens escalation with Iran at IAEA next month

VIENNA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States threatened to confront Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency next month if it does not cooperate more with the watchdog – an escalation that could undermine talks on reviving a 2015 big-power deal with Iran. Tehran is locked in several standoffs…

Mike Tyson: Malawi asks former boxer to be cannabis ambassador

The former boxer runs a multi-million dollar cannabis business in the United States LILONGWE, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi has asked boxing star Mike Tyson to become the official ambassador for the country’s cannabis crop. Agriculture Minister Lobin Low sent a letter to Tyson inviting him to take up the role,…

Covid-19: Canada starts vaccinating children 5-11 years old

   MONTREAL, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada began immunizing children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 Wednesday, joining a handful of nations including Israel and the United States in offering shots to this age group.    At Montreal’s convention center, a few dozen youngsters were among the first to receive the Pfizer…
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