Canadian provinces nix mandatory Covid jabs for hospital workers

   OTTAWA, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada’s most populated provinces said they will not force health care workers to get Covid vaccines, saying mass layoffs of staff who do not get shots would devastate hospitals.    The decisions by the governments of Ontario and Quebec — the provinces hardest hit…

US: Iran nuclear talks to resume Nov 29 after five months

  WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/TEHRAN, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran agreed Wednesday to resume talks on Nov 29 with world powers on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap, with the United States urging a quick resolution.   The indirect negotiations in Vienna come amid mounting pressure on Iran, with Western nations…

US, Iran dispute facts of tanker incident in Sea of Oman

  WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Iran gave sharply differing accounts Wednesday of an incident involving a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Sea of Oman, in the latest incident in the heavily trafficked seaway.    Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had thwarted an attempt…

US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians did not violate law of war: Pentagon probe

   WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said after an investigation.   Three adults, including a man who worked for a US aid group,…

US state elections: Democrat Murphy narrowly wins re-election as governor of New Jersey

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Incumbent Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey Phil Murphy was reported Wednesday by U.S. media to have won a second term, edging out Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli by a less-than-one-point margin. The Associated Press called the election,…

Covid-19: US rolls out vaccine for young children, ending long wait for some parents

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven-year-old Gael Coreas stuck out his left arm fearlessly to receive his first COVID-19 shot at a health clinic in the nation’s capital on Wednesday (Nov 3), wincing briefly as cameras flashed to capture the moment. Coreas was in the first cohort of young children to…

Bali ‘suitcase murder’ accomplice arrested in US after return

Heather Mack inside an immigration car after being released from Kerobokan Prison in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chicago woman who spent seven years jailed in Bali for helping kill her mother at a luxury hotel was arrested upon her return from Indonesia, the Justice Department…

2021 Belt And Road International Regatta Begins In Beihai

NANNING, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 2021 Belt and Road International Regatta is held in Beihai from today to Nov 12, in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the local Sports Bureau announced. More than 120 high-level sailing athletes from China, the United States, Italy, Germany and other countries and…

WHO grants emergency approval for India’s Covaxin COVID-19 jab

     Bharat Biotech said Brazil, the Philippines, Iran and Mexico had also authorised its COVID-19 vaccine GENEVA, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it had issued an emergency use listing for Covaxin, a vaccine against Covid-19 produced by India’s Bharat Biotech.      Found to have 78 percent…

Turkish Police Detain 17 Suspects For Attacking U.S. Navy Crew

ISTANBUL, Nov 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish police detained 17 suspects, in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, for an attempted attack on a crew member of the U.S. Navy, the Istanbul Governor’s Office announced yesterday. The office said in a written statement that, the suspects tried to put a sack over the…
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