Canada death toll set to rise as floods ravage Pacific coast

A view of flooding in the Sumas Prairie area of Abbotsford British Columbia, Canada ABBOTSFORD (Canada), Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by “catastrophic” flooding with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered…

US, Gulf countries accuse Iran of causing ‘nuclear crisis’

  WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and its Arab allies in the Gulf accused Iran of causing a nuclear crisis and destabilizing the Middle East with ballistic missiles and drones.   The warning came in a joint statement issued after a meeting of the US and Gulf…

Palestinian President Discusses Israeli-Palestinian Conflict With U.S. Ambassador To UN

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Abbas met with Thomas-Greenfield at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and warned that Israel’s practices in the Palestinian territories “would undermine the vision…

US: Two men found guilty of Malcolm X murder to be exonerated after admission by authorities of a historic miscarriage of justice

  NEW YORK, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two men found guilty of the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X are to have their convictions thrown out, one of them posthumously, in an admission by US authorities of ahistoric miscarriage of justice.   Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance will…

Winter Is Coming – Frozen Assets Leave Penniless Afghan Traders Out In The Cold

AQINA, Afghanistan, Nov 18 (NNN-BIA) – Aqina is a border crossing with rail service connecting Afghanistan to Turkmenistan and onward to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Europe. It is an essential trading point linking Afghanistan with countries to the west. A handful of local businessmen met to drink tea, complained about…

US drug overdose deaths surpass 100,000 for first time, spurred by COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More Americans than ever before died from drug overdoses over a 12-month period, according to federal data, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted medical care and increased mental health woes, and as more lethal drugs flooded the streets. The record of more than 100,000 overdose deaths…

US says it is not engaged in formal arms control talks with China

Chinese and US flags WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China will aim to have “conversations” on arms control, “not formal talks”, the White House National Security Council said, downplaying contact on the issue following a meeting between the two countries’ leaders. US President Joe Biden and Chinese…

US removes Nigeria from religious violators list

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violators, even as it blacklisted Russia, China and eight other countries “as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.”US…

Canada: Deadly once-in-a-century storm cuts transport links around Vancouver

  VANCOUVER (Canada), Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A deadly storm described by officials as a once-in-a-century weather event has severed road and rail links around Vancouver, Canada. Two motorways connecting the West Coast city were closed after being damaged by severe flooding. A woman was killed in a highway landslide,…

US, China agree to ease restrictions on journalist visas

  WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China have agreed to ease restrictions on journalist visas shortly after a long-awaited virtual summit between its two leaders, with Beijing on Wednesday calling the move a “hard-won” achievement.   Washington regularly denounces the deterioration in China’s treatment of US…
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