Curbing Amazon deforestation conditions EU/Mercosur trade deal: EU envoy
BRASILIA, Dec 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Until Brazil makes a political commitment to curb deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, the trade…
Update: British grandmother is first in the world to get Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside trial
LONDON, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from Britain, has become the first person in the world to…
Tanania: Zanzibar opposition agrees to serve in unity government
President John Magufuli ZANZIBAR, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zanzibar’s opposition agreed to join the ruling party in a unity government…
Covid-19: Italy’s interior minister tests positive; two other ministers in self-isolation
Italy’s Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese ROME, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese tested positive for the novel…
Update: Boycott-tainted poll win gives Pres Maduro total control in Venezuela
CARACAS, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nicolas Maduro hailed a “new dawn” in Venezuela as he celebrated his now total…
Covid-19: UK starts Tuesday mass vaccination programme
LONDON, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain on Tuesday hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as…
The Pacific Alliance will hold its virtual presidential summit in Chile, next week
SANTIAGO, Dec 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The 15th Presidential Summit of the Pacific Alliance, a bloc made up of Chile, Colombia,…
Venezuela rejects European double standards on elections
CARACAS, Dec 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — Just a day after the parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela, several European countries and…
New Interior Minister sworn in Peru
LIMA, Dec 8 (NNN-ANDINA) — The President of the Republic Francisco Sagasti Hochhausler on Monday night administered the oath of…
Covid-19: Millions of Californians locked down, as countries globally gears for mass vaccination
LOS ANGELES, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An overwhelming majority of California’s residents went into lockdown Monday, putting 33 million people…