US violence: Multiple injured after car drives into holiday parade in Wisconsin

The image above shows a red SUV driving at high speed through a Christmas parade in downtown Waukesha, some 20 miles west of Milwaukee, on Sunday evening  MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin, US), Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car traveling at high speed plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leaving at least 30…

Covid-19: Russian Pres Putin gets booster jab

   MOSCOW, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had received a third dose of a Covid vaccine, as the country struggles with a fresh wave of the virus.   “I had it two hours ago,” Putin said on state television channel Rossiya 24, assuring viewers that…

Sudan PM Hamdok reinstated after coup but anti-military protests flare again

  KHARTOUM, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly a month after Sudan’s top general ousted the prime minister, they signed a breakthrough deal Sunday to reverse the military takeover that had sparked international condemnation and mass protests.    Anger still flared on the streets, however, where thousands protested again in multiple…

Death toll hits four from flooding in western Canada

  MONTREAL, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from record flooding in western Canada has risen to four, with a fifth person still missing, local authorities there said Saturday.   Torrential rains hit southwestern British Columbia last Sunday and Monday causing widespread flooding and landslides that damaged or destroyed…

Chileans to elect new president in fast-changing political landscape

  SANTIAGO, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chileans head to the ballot box for the fourth time in 18 months Sunday, this time to elect a new president on whose watch the country will draft its first post-dictatorship constitution.   The poll comes two years after a social revolt against deep-rooted…

Four wounded after Burkina Faso protest against French army

  OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were treated for gunshot wounds in Burkina Faso Saturday after French and Burkinabe forces tried to deter protesters trying to block a French army convoy, local sources said.   A source in the town of Kaya north of the capital said demonstrators…

Somalia: Prominent journalist killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing

  MOGADISHU, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A prominent Somali journalist who was a staunch critic of jihadist group Al-Shabaab was killed by a suicide bomber as he left a restaurant in the capital Mogadishu Saturday, officials andcolleagues said.   Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the blast, which officials said killed Abdiaziz…

Sudan PM Hamdok to return to lead government after deal: mediators

   KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok have reached a deal for his returnand the release of the civilian leadership detained since last month’s militarycoup, mediators said Sunday.    “A political agreement has been reached between General Burhan, AbdallaHamdok, political…

Venezuelan musicians set world’s largest orchestra record

CARACAS, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, most of them children and adolescents, have earned the title of the world’s largest orchestra. The record was set by 8,573 musicians. Guinness World Records in a video released on Saturday announced that the musicians, all connected to the country’s network…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 217 deaths in 24 hours, toll average lowest since April 2020

A health worker treats a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the Ronaldo Gazolla Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro BRASILIA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil has had 8,833 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours, and 217 deaths from COVID-19, the health…