Update: Ecuador military, prison heads resign after jail riot

  GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador is “seriously threatened” by drug trafficking mafias who want to “take control of all the country’s prisons,” President Guillermo Lasso said Monday, after the heads ofthe armed forces and the prison service quit following jail riots that left 68 people dead.  …

US shooting: Six teens hurt in drive-by shooting near school – police

  DENVER (Colorado, US), Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An apparent drive-by shooting near a Colorado high school left six teenagers in hospital, police said, as the specter of gun violence raised its head again in the United States.   Witnesses spoke of around 30 shots being fired, and police said…

Presidents Biden, Xi stress better communication between US, China

   WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping opened a virtual summit Monday with an appeal for better communication between the superpowers and what Biden called “guardrails” toavoid conflict.    Speaking from the White House to Xi on a television screen, Biden emphasized the…

Mexico’s president slams US-imposed sanctions against Cuba

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador slams US-imposed sanctions against cuba MEXICO CITY, Nov 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador again decried the U..-led economic blockade against Cuba. “I think that Cuba should not be isolated, politically speaking. You shouldn’t strangle Cubans for deciding to stay in…

Covid-19: US entangled in vaccine mandate dispute as cases rise in cold weather

A student of Montrara Ave. Elementary School has a COVID-19 test in Los Angeles, California NEW YORK, Nov 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — As the cold days set in, the United States is again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases, though deaths and hospitalizations trend lower, while the federal government’s vaccine mandate…

US defends air strikes in 2019 against Daesh that killed civilians in Syria

Air strikes targeted Daesh militants as their hold on territory was coming to an end  WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military has defended as “legitimate” an air strike attack which killed dozens of people in Syria in 2019. The attack on so-called Daesh fighters killed 80 people, as…

Boeing agrees deal with families of Ethiopia crash victims

A total of 157 people died when Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 crashed  ADDIS ABABA/CHIVAGO, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of the 157 people who died in the Ethiopia 737 Max crash in 2019. The plane maker accepts liability for their deaths, according…

New prison riot in Ecuador leaves 68 dead

   GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prison inmates from rival gangs in Ecuador fought each other with guns, explosives and blades in a bloodbath that left at least 68 dead in the same prison where a riot inSeptember claimed 119 lives, officials said.   Hours after the government said…

US, France discuss Russian military activity in Ukraine

Ukraine has been fighting pro-Russia separatists in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of eastern Ukraine WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian about Russian military activity taking place “in and near Ukraine,” a US official said.   The…

Death toll in Texas concert tragedy rises to 10

 HOUSTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a lethal crowd surge at a rap concert in Texas has risen to 10, a lawyer for the victims said, after a nine-year-old boy trampled during the event died of his injuries.   Scores were injured attending a performance by hip-hop…
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