Covid-19: Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK’s travel red list

LONDON, Oct 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Kingdom’s Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly. Effective Nov 1, Colombia, the…

Covid-19: Over 53% of Brazilians fully vaccinated, report says

BRASILIA, Oct 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s much-criticized anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive has already reached 53% of the population with full treatment, while 72% of patients have at least taken the initial dose, according to a health report. All doses combined, a total of 274,767,554 injections have been applied so far, the…

Panama Canal breaks freight record despite pandemic crisis

The Panama Canal had a record fiscal year 2021 with more tonnage transported through the waterway than ever before, despite a crisis in global port congestion, authorities said PANAMA CITY, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Panama Canal had a record fiscal year 2021 with more tonnage transported through the waterway…

Covid-19: Delta wave slowed US economic growth in third quarter

   WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The US economic expansion slowed dramatically in the third quarter to an annual rate of just two percent as consumer spending was choked by resurgent Covid-19 infections, the White House said.   The spread of the Delta variant of the virus over the summer…

Brazil emissions rose in 2020 despite pandemic: study

   BRASILIA, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 9.5 percent last year, mostly because of deforestation, a report said, making it one of the only major economies not to cut pollution as the pandemic hit.   Even as worldwide emissions fell seven percent in 2020 —…

Covid-19: WHO wants $23.4 bn for Covid plan

  GENEVA, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it needed $23.4 billion over the next 12 months for its plan to conquer Covid-19, urging the G20 to show some leadership and pay up.    WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus bluntly told the Group of 20 global powers, meeting…

Pope to visit Canada after indigenous school scandal

Pope Francis THE VATICAN, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis will visit Canada as the Catholic Church seeks to rebuild bridges with the indigenous community following a horrifying scandal of abuse at Church-run residential schools, the Vatican said.“The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the Holy Father to make…

US sanctions two Lebanese businessmen, a lawmaker for corruption

WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States Treasury has imposed sanctions on two top Lebanese contractors and a lawmaker close to the Hezbollah movement over alleged large-scale corruption that undermined the rule of law in Lebanon.Businessmen Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, close to former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri…

Mexico to give visa to children, pregnant women in migrant caravan

MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico said it would give humanitarian visas to children and pregnant women in a migrant caravan moving north from southern Mexico, adopting a softer approach to the task of containing migrant flows than at times taken recently. Lasting a year, the visas grant migrants…

Cuba approves laws granting greater rights as criticism of protesters’ arrests heats up

HAVANA, Oct 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba’s National Assembly approved a raft of laws broadening citizens’ legal rights even as the country comes under fire at home and abroad for a crackdown on protests earlier this year. The changes stem from the 2019 constitution, which required reforms to modernise Cuba’s judicial…
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