UN Chief Condemns Israeli Demolition Of UN Compound In East Jerusalem

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday, condemned Israel’s demolition of a UN compound in East Jerusalem, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN chief, said in a statement. “The secretary-general condemns in the strongest terms, the Israeli authorities’ actions to demolish” the Sheikh Jarrah…

Mexico hands over dozens more suspected cartel members to US

Mexico’s federal forces escort a prisoner wanted in the US for ties to drug-trafficking groups at the Altiplano high-security prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico said it has handed 37 suspected members of organised crime gangs over to the United States, whose President Donald…

Guatemalans call for iron fist over surge in gang violence

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalans on Monday called for an iron fist to stamp out gang violence after the murder of nine police officers and riots in several prisons, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency. On Sunday, suspected members of the notorious Barrio 18…

French navy seizes almost 5 tonnes of cocaine from ship in Pacific

PAPEETE (French Polynesia), Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said. The vessel, coming from Central America, was intercepted on Jan 16, France’s High Commission in French Polynesia said…

Venezuela boosts recovery of steel industry and mining production

Delcy Rodríguez presided over the meeting of the Mining and Basic Industries Sector, announcing plans for steel production, bauxite, and housing CARACAS, Jan 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, led the Mining and Basic Industries Working Group meeting on Monday, focusing on the recovery of the national steel…

Brazil: Rio’s Carnival kicks off with 462 street parades and 6 million expected attendees

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — The street Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, one of the world’s largest public cultural celebrations, begins this weekend with 462 scheduled street parades (blocos) and an expected attendance of around six million people, Brazilian state media Agência Brasil reported. The official program…

Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out

Residents of the Gabriela Mistral neighbourhood clear debris from their burnt homes after a wildfire in Lirquen, Chile LIRQUEN (Chile), Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires that have killed 20 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns raged for a third day on Monday, fanned by warm temperatures and…

US gun violence: Indiana judge and wife injured in shooting at their home

LAFAYETTE (Indiana, US), Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Indiana judge and his wife were injured in a shooting at their home over the weekend, with a search underway for the suspected gunman, officials said. Tippecanoe County Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly Meyer, were shot in their home on…

US gun violence: Man killed, 3 bystanders hurt in shooting at iconic New Orleans restaurant

Police work the scene of a shooting in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man was killed, and three bystanders were wounded, in a shooting in the foyer of an iconic New Orleans restaurant, authorities said, and the gunman remains at large. The shooting occurred just after…

US: Heavy snow strands drivers in 100-vehicle crash

Part of a severe multi-car pileup leading Michigan State Police to shut down an interstate south of Grand Rapids in Ottawa County, Michigan WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Law enforcement officials said that they were working to clear roads after a 100-vehicle crash occurred on snow-blanketed roads in the northern…
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