Americas

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,…

US state capitals, Washington on alert for possible pro-Trump armed protests

Jan 6: Some rioters breached the U.S. Capitol WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten days after rioters breached the US…

Covid-19: US researchers discover two new variants

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — US researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have…

Thousands of US-bound Honduran migrants reach Guatemala

EL FLORIDO (Guatemala), Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 4,500 Honduran migrants headed north to the United States in hopes…

Morocco-Israel normalisation: Outgoing Pres Trump fetes, award rare military award to Morocco king, rallies behind claim

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump, in a last-minute push to solidify Morocco’s normalization with Israel, bestowed…

Covid-19: Mexico hit by deadliest week of pandemic yet

MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico reeled from its worstweek of the pandemic yet, with deaths averaging nearly 1,000…

Outgoing Pres Trump to leave town early Wednesday before Biden inauguration

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, his…