Cuba to present UN resolution to end the US blockade on June 23

HAVANA, April 25 (NNN-TELESUR) — Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, said that next June 23 the United Nations General Assembly will consider the resolution to put an end to the US blockade against the island. Rodríguez Parrilla stressed that the blockade is an act of genocide that constitutes…

Covid-19: City of Buenos Aires bans all non-urgent surgical procedures to free up hospitals for covid patients

BUENOS AIRES, April 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta ordered all health care facilities regardless of whether public or private to cancel every non-urgent surgical procedure or treatment scheduled for the coming days to make room for the increasing number of covid-19 patients who need hospitalization,…

Argentine Transport Minister Meoni dies in car crash aged 56

BUENOS AIRES, April 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Transport Minister Mario Meoni died in a car crash en route to his hometown of Junín in the province of Buenos Aires, it was reported. Meoni, a former mayor of Junín, was at the wheel of a Ministry’s Ford Mondeo car which overturned…

Singapore Scholar Says Washington’s Desire To Contain China “A Strategic Error”

PARIS, Apr 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China is not an expansionist power and Washington’s desire to contain China is a strategic error, Singaporean scholar, Kishore Mahbubani, said. In an interview with French daily, Le Figaro, in early Apr, Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University…

US: Pres Biden recognises Armenian genocide, defying Turkey in watershed

People hold “Thank You President Biden” signs as they protest outside the Turkish Consulate on the anniversary of the Armenian genocide in a demonstration organised by the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) in Beverly Hills, California WASHINGTON, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognised the 1915 killings…

Covid-19: Deaths in Brazil close in on 390,000

Brazil has the second highest death toll from Covid-19 in the world RIO DE JANEIRO, April 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 3,076 more COVID-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its death toll to 389,492, the country’s Ministry of Health reported on Saturday. According to the ministry, another 71,137…

Covid-19: Canada PM Trudeau and wife get AstraZeneca jabs

OTTAWA, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on Friday, seeking to reassure Canadians it is safe despite very rare but serious blood clots in a handful of cases among millions vaccinated. The Canadian leader arrived at an Ottawa pharmacy…

Covid-19: One billion jabs – a pin-prick of hope for humanity

PARIS, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On Dec 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world’s first Covid vaccination — a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for humanity after a devastating pandemic year. Six months on, nearly one billion Covid…

U.S. Advisory Panel Recommends Resuming Use Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), voted to recommend resuming the use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for adults. Members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices (ACIP), agreed the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the…

Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days

OTTAWA, Apr 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Canada announced a 30-day ban on all flights from India and Pakistan, as COVID-19 cases continue surging in the two countries. “Given the higher number of cases detected in air passengers arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan, Transport Canada is issuing a notice to…
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