UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tested negative for Covid-19 Thursday and ended two days of isolation prompted by exposure to a UN official with the coronavirus. “Yes, negative,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said as the 72 year old UN chief went into a…
UN chief accepts invitation to attend Beijing Winter Olympics
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted an invitation to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022, said his spokesman. “The secretary-general received an invitation from the International Olympic Committee to attend the Beijing Winter Games and he has…
49 killed after trailer truck overturns in southern Mexico
Police and rescue workers are seen after an accident in which at least 49 migrants died, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, state of Chiapas, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge…
Nicaragua breaks “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan
SAN JOSE, Dec 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Foreign Ministry of Nicaragua announced that Nicaragua is breaking “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan. “The Government of the Republic of Nicaragua declares that it recognizes that in the world there is only one single China,” the Foreign Ministry said in an Thursday announcement released…
Iran nuclear deal talks resume in Vienna amid frictions
VIENNA, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Negotiations between Iran and world powers aimed at salvaging a tattered 2015 nuclear deal have resumed in Vienna after a few days’ pause, with tensions high after Tehran made demands last week that European countries strongly criticized.European Union diplomat Enrique Mora, who chaired Thursday’s meeting…
Blinken To Visit Malaysia From 14-15 Dec
PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Dec 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Secretary of State of the United States (US) Antony Blinken will visit Malaysia from Dec 14 to 15. Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in a statement on Wednesday said Secretary Blinken, who is on his inaugural visit here, will be received by Foreign Minister…
US: Six teens arrested for sending bomb threats to schools in Florida
MIAMI, Dec 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Over the past week, South Florida authorities have arrested six students for using electronic media to announce “bomb threats” against public schools. The most recent of these fake bomb threats was sent on Wednesday to Mater Lakes, a public charter school in Hialeah city. The…
Parliament: Motion to vacate Peru’s presidency turned down
LIMA, Dec 9 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peru’s Parliament declined to open an impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo Terrones after a group of rightwing lawmakers had sought to declare him as “permanently moral incapacitated.” Motion 1222 was rejected by 76 votes, while 46 were in favour. There were also 4 abstentions.…
Covid-19: US Senate votes to block Biden vaccine mandate for large private companies
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate on Wednesday voted to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private employers, in a symbolic win for conservatives that will have little tangible effect. The measure passed 52-48 with the support of all 50 Republicans in the upper…
US wildfire: Father, son charged with starting huge California forest fire
LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A father and son have been arrested on charges of starting a huge forest fire that burned more than 200,000 acres in northern California this summer, local officials said. David Smith, 66, and Travis Smith, 32, were charged with starting a fire…
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