UN General Assembly holds informal dialogue with candidates for next secretary-general

UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) an informal dialogue with the incumbent United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, also the sole candidate for the position of the next UN secretary-general. Guterres presented his vision statement and answered questions from member states and civil society, Brenden…

Middle East Quartet Envoys Express Deep Concern Over Clashes, Violence In East Jerusalem

UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Envoys of the Middle East Quartet from the European Union, Russia, the United States, and the United Nations, yesterday expressed “deep concern” over the daily clashes and violence in East Jerusalem, in particular Friday’s confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. The envoys, through…

Covid-19: Global deaths reach 3,272,332

PARIS, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,272,332 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled on Saturday. At least 156,790,180 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered, though some have…

Egyptian President, African Union Chief Discuss Developments Of Ethiopia’s Dam Issue

CAIRO, May 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, held talks yesterday, with President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, also the current chairperson of the African Union, on the latest developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). During the meeting, Sisi noted “Egypt’s appreciation of…

Cuba rejects the expulsion of its diplomat from Colombia

HAVANA, May 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Ministry (MINREX) rejected Colombia’s decision to declare the Cuban First Secretary in Bogota Omar Garcia a persona non grata in this Latin American country. “We have summoned the Colombian ambassador in Havana to convey our energetic rejection of the decision taken by his country…

Covid-19: Unemployment in Uruguay falls below 10% in March

MONTEVIDEO, May 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay’s labour market showed some recovery as unemployment in March fell to 9.7% from February’s 11.1%, according to a report released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Data for March this year is even better than the pre-pandemic figures of March 2020 when unemployment…

US government announces clampdown on ‘ghost guns’

WASHINGTON, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Justice Department moved Friday to tighten firearms regulations and close loopholes that have allowed the rapid proliferation of untraceable, home-assembled “ghost guns.” The department said that from 2016 to 2020 it had recovered more than 23,000 firearms that did not display serial numbers,…

25 Taliban Militants Killed In Afghan Troops’ Overnight Operation: Gov’t

KABUL, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 25 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded, during a counter-attack offensive launched by Afghan government forces, in northern Baghlan province last night, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today. During the operation, supported by Afghan Air Force, a militants’ vehicle and some…

Covid-19: Key EU countries rebuff US on sharing vaccine patents

BRUSSELS, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European countries distanced themselves from a proposal backed by US President Joe Biden to waive patent rights on coronavirus vaccines, arguing that key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic was making and sharing vaccines more quickly. French President Emmanuel Macron said the question of sharing patents was…

Indigenous Colombians topple conquistador statue in capital

A Misak indigenous man stands atop the statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada after knocked it down in Bogota BOGOTA, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indigenous people in Colombia on Friday knocked down a statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, who founded the capital Bogota, as protests…
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