Americas

US: FBI screens troops ahead of Wednesday’s Joe Biden inauguration

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US law enforcement agencies are screening National Guard members to make sure they do not…

Update: Global coronavirus cases top 95 mln

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (NNN-TASS) – The global number of confirmed coronavirus cases has crossed the 95 million mark, according to…

Peru: Ex-Pres Vizcarra barred from run for Congress

LIMA, Jan 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Lima’s Special Electoral Jury (JEE) excluded Peru’s former President Martin Vizcarra’s (2018-2020) candidacy for Congress over…

Pots and pans against Pres Bolsonaro heard loud in Brazil

BRASILIA, Jan 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Hundreds of people made their pots and pan ring out to demand Brazil’s President Jair…

Covid-19: Argentina reports the first case of Britain’s variant

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina confirmed the first case in the country of a new coronavirus variant that…

Massive turnout of Chileans with aspiration of rewriting the Pinochet constitution

SANTIAGO, Jan 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile’s Electoral body reported that more than 3,300 hopefuls have applied for selection to the…

Guatemalan forces clash with migrant caravan, Biden team seeks to halt exodus

US-bound Honduran migrants clash with Guatemalan soldiers in Vado Hondo, Guatemala VADO HONDO (Guatemala), Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalan security…

Covid-19: Global vaccine campaign gains pace as Brazil starts jabs

Brazilian nurse Monica Calazans receives the vaccine against COVID-19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil PARIS, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global…

Covid-19: Number of cases across globe up by over 683,000 in 24-hour – WHO

GENEVA, Jan 18 (NNN-TASS) — More than 683,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the…

Five shot dead in rare Mexico City attack

MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were shot dead in central Mexico City, the local security secretariat said,…