Americas

Covid-19: Cuba starts vaccinating children in order to re-open schools amid Covid surge

 HAVANA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban authorities on Friday launched a national campaign to vaccinate children aged two to 18…

Covid-19: Canada sees urgent need to get more young people vaccinated

OTTAWA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New modeling shows an “urgent need” to get more young adults in Canada vaccinated as…

Covid-19: More Florida school districts revolt against governor’s mask ban as cases surge

TAVARES (Florida, US), Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a scene replayed across the United States, angry parents and activists streamed…

US sanctions 4 Iranians over alleged plot to kidnap NY-based journalist

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap…

Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burns

BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thick smoke billowed above Brazil’s Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded…

Sec-Gen Guterres thanks member states for keeping UN operations in Afghanistan going

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked several member states for helping keep UN operations in…

Venezuelan gov’t, opposition talks show sovereignty, independence: electoral council

CARACAS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ongoing talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition group are an expression of the…

Covid-19: US cases reach new daily high – CDC

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The current seven-day moving average of daily new cases in the United States was over…

Kremlin slams Ukraine-US friendship as opposition to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky MOSCOW, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow has criticized the relationship between Ukraine and the United States…

Palestine Calls On U.S. To Fulfil Promise, Reopens Consulate In East Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, Sept 4 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday, called on U.S. President, Joe Biden’s administration, to fulfil…