Colombian forces seize six tons of cocaine from ELN rebel jungle labs

 BOGOTA, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s military seized six tons of cocaine from a jungle laboratory run by ELN guerillas in the southwest of the country, Defense Minister Diego Molano said. “I want to announce to the country the most important blow to the ELN drug trafficking this year, with…

More than three billion coronavirus vaccines administered worldwide

Covid-19 vaccines have been given to more than three billion people around the world PARIS, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than three billion doses of vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to a count carried out Tuesday from official sources.Although the first 1,000 million inoculated doses were reached 20 weeks…

Russian instructors behind abuses in Central African Republic – UN report

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera BANGUI, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian instructors sent to the Central African Republic have carried out “indiscriminate killings,” lootings, and occupied schools, according to an annual UN report, though Moscow says they are unarmed and not involved in fighting.The testimonies detail excessive force…

North America weather: Dozens dead in Canada as heatwave shatters records; US reach highest level felt like in a desert

Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for British Columbia and Alberta  OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of people have died in Canada as temperatures across the southern Pacific Northwest continue to smash records. Police in British Columbia say they have responded to almost 70 sudden deaths since Monday, many…

US, Russia at odds as UN Council confronts threat of cyber attacks

UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council on Tuesday held its first formal public meeting on cybersecurity, addressing the growing threat of hacks to countries’ key infrastructure. While the US envoy to the world body asked that member states respect a framework already in place, her Russian counterpart…

US: Pres Biden to visit Florida condo collapse site as hope dims for rescue

SURFSIDE (Florida, US), June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden will visit the site of a deadly apartment building collapse in southern Florida on Thursday, the White House announced, as rescuers scoured the wreckage in an increasingly desperate search for survivors. A 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, a neighborhood near…

Iran Not In A Hurry To Revive Nuclear Deal Under Current Administration

TEHRAN, Jun 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s current administration is not in a rush to push for negotiations, to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, before the new government takes power in Aug, spokesman for the outgoing Rouhani administration declared yesterday. “If what we have in mind is ensured, there will be…

Giant eruption of Costa Rica volcano

© – A Column of ash is expelled from the crater of Rincon de La Vieja volcano in Costa Rica SAN JOSE, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A volcano in northwest Costa Rica erupted on Monday, spewing an enormous column of smoke into the air in what could be its biggest outburst in…

Covid-19: US announces USD 41 million additional assistance to India

 WASHINGTON, June 29 (NNN-PTI) — The US has announced an additional USD 41 million assistance to help India respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen the country’s preparedness for the future health emergencies, taking the total aid to more than USD 200 million.      In April and May, India…

Covid-19: Guam launches vacation-and-vax tourism drive

  HAGATNA (Guam), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Pacific territory of Guam will offer visitors a Covid-19 vaccination with their tropical holiday, in a bid to restart its struggling tourism industry. Dubbed ‘Air V&V’ — vacation and vaccination — the programme is primarily aimed at US expatriates in the…
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