Covid-19: Cases rise in parts of US amid sustained vaccination push

Tourists spend time on the National Mall in Washington DC NEW YORK, Nov 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — COVID-19 cases are starting to climb again in select regions across the United States after stabilizing at a high level following this summer’s surge of the Delta variant, White House chief medical advisor Anthony…

Air Tanzania orders four new planes

An Air Tanzania plane on the tarmac DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tanzanian government has ordered four new planes to boost its national carrier’s capability in Africa and abroad.On Tuesday, at the 2021 Dubai Airshow, Boeing and Tanzania announced an order of a 787-8 Dreamliner, a 767-300…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: No Afghan-style evacuations as US tells citizens to quit Ethiopia

Flags of US and Ethiopia WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States State Department has reiterated a call to its citizens in Ethiopia to leave the Horn of Africa nation.The caution is the latest in a series of security advisories as Ethiopia’s politico-security situation deteriorates further.“We are doing that…

Indian Carrier Akasa Air Orders 72 737 MAX Airplanes

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (NNN-PTI) – Boeing yesterday announced that, Indian carrier, Akasa Air, has ordered 72 737 MAX airplanes to build its fleet. Valued at nearly nine billion U.S. dollars at list prices, Akasa Air’s order includes two variants from the 737 MAX family, the 737-8 and the 737-8-200,…

Update: Russian Pres Putin tells French Pres Macron US leading ‘provocative’ exercises in Black Sea

  MOSCOW, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday that “provocative” US-led exercises in the Black Sea were “increasing tensions” between Moscow and NATO, the Kremlin said.   Both leaders expressed “dissatisfaction” with what Moscow called a “worsening” situation in eastern Ukraine,…

Cuban dissidents arrested, mass protest thwarted as police swamp streets

  HAVANA, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban security forces foiled a planned mass protest on Monday, with police flooding Havana’s streets and prominent dissidents arrested or confined to their homes to prevent them from stagingthe banned rights gathering.   Friends and family members said those detained included opposition figure Manuel…

Update: Ecuador military, prison heads resign after jail riot

  GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador is “seriously threatened” by drug trafficking mafias who want to “take control of all the country’s prisons,” President Guillermo Lasso said Monday, after the heads ofthe armed forces and the prison service quit following jail riots that left 68 people dead.  …

US shooting: Six teens hurt in drive-by shooting near school – police

  DENVER (Colorado, US), Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An apparent drive-by shooting near a Colorado high school left six teenagers in hospital, police said, as the specter of gun violence raised its head again in the United States.   Witnesses spoke of around 30 shots being fired, and police said…

Presidents Biden, Xi stress better communication between US, China

   WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping opened a virtual summit Monday with an appeal for better communication between the superpowers and what Biden called “guardrails” toavoid conflict.    Speaking from the White House to Xi on a television screen, Biden emphasized the…

Mexico’s president slams US-imposed sanctions against Cuba

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador slams US-imposed sanctions against cuba MEXICO CITY, Nov 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador again decried the U..-led economic blockade against Cuba. “I think that Cuba should not be isolated, politically speaking. You shouldn’t strangle Cubans for deciding to stay in…
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