71 refugees resettled from Libya to Canada: UN

TRIPOLI, Nov 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that it resettled 71 refugees from Libya to Canada. “UNHCR resettled 71 refugees, including 37 children, from Libya to Canada supported by IOM (the International Organization for Migration),” the UNHCR tweeted. “The group included families from Syria,…

General elections underway in Chile amid COVID-19 pandemic

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Santiago, Chile SANTIAGO, Nov 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections began in Chile on Sunday with high attendance at the polls in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic. The elections are taking place in a particularly polarized environment, and…

Haiti kidnappers release two missionaries among 17 abducted

Nearly 800 kidnappings were recorded in Haiti this year before the end of October  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people among a group of 17 US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti last month have been released, aid officials say. Christian Aid Ministries said that…

Another rainstorm expected to hit Canada’s British Columbia

The Trans-Canada highway remains partially submerged by floodwater after rainstorms lashed B.C., triggering landslides and floods OTTAWA, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A second “atmospheric river” rainstorm is expected to hit Canada’s still-flooded province of British Columbia, according to Environment Canada. The rainstorm will dump up to 100 millimeters of rain on…

US violence: Multiple injured after car drives into holiday parade in Wisconsin

The image above shows a red SUV driving at high speed through a Christmas parade in downtown Waukesha, some 20 miles west of Milwaukee, on Sunday evening  MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin, US), Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car traveling at high speed plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leaving at least 30…

Death toll hits four from flooding in western Canada

  MONTREAL, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from record flooding in western Canada has risen to four, with a fifth person still missing, local authorities there said Saturday.   Torrential rains hit southwestern British Columbia last Sunday and Monday causing widespread flooding and landslides that damaged or destroyed…

Chileans to elect new president in fast-changing political landscape

  SANTIAGO, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chileans head to the ballot box for the fourth time in 18 months Sunday, this time to elect a new president on whose watch the country will draft its first post-dictatorship constitution.   The poll comes two years after a social revolt against deep-rooted…

Venezuelan musicians set world’s largest orchestra record

CARACAS, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, most of them children and adolescents, have earned the title of the world’s largest orchestra. The record was set by 8,573 musicians. Guinness World Records in a video released on Saturday announced that the musicians, all connected to the country’s network…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 217 deaths in 24 hours, toll average lowest since April 2020

A health worker treats a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the Ronaldo Gazolla Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro BRASILIA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil has had 8,833 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours, and 217 deaths from COVID-19, the health…

Blinken says US investing in Africa without unsustainable debt

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (centre) watches as Jeff Price, Cubic Transportation Systems Vice President and General Manager (left) and CETUD Director General Thierno Birahim signing an agreement during a commercial diplomatic event with US companies and the government of Senegal at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar DAKAR,…
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