5 dead, 2 missing in Gulf of Mexico oil rig fire

MEXICO CITY, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least five workers were killed, two others missing and six injured in a fire at an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, Mexico’s state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which runs the rig, said. One of the injured workers was in serious…

1 illegal migrant dead, 14 missing off Libyan coast: UNHCR

TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that an illegal migrant died while 14 others remain missing off the Libyan coast. “Between last night and today, 279 individuals were returned to the Tripoli Naval Base (95) and Azzawiya Oil Refinery Port (184) following…

EU should support countries close to Afghanistan: Greek PM

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ATHENS, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The European Union should support the countries close to Afghanistan to ensure that there will be no additional refugee and migration flows to Europe, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. The Greek PM spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

Covid-19: Pres Biden urges unvaccinated Americans to receive shots after Pfizer vaccine given full approval

President Joe Biden  WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — US President Joe Biden urged unvaccinated individuals to receive their shots amid the rapid spread of highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. Biden made the remarks on Monday after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its full approval to the Pfizer vaccine…

Canada’s PM Trudeau leaves door open to Taliban sanctions as G7 meet looms; maintains Taliban a terrorist entity

  MONTREAL, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left the door open to sanctions on the Taliban, noting that the Islamist group that now controls Afghanistan remains a “terrorist entity.” “Canada already recognizes, and has for long, that the Taliban are terrorists, and harbor terrorists. That’s why…

Chile presidential elections: Provoste is 3rd candidate to run for the presidency

SANTIAGO, Aug 23 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chile’s President of the Senate Yasna Provoste won the Social-Democrat Primary Elections with an overwhelming majority of 62.2 percent of the votes and will represent the Constituent Union alliance in the Nov 21 Presidential Elections. “This country cannot think the next government will come to…

Covid-19: Case Zero of Delta variant dies in Argentine province of Cordoba

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A 62-year-old Bolivian citizen residing in the Argentine city of Córdoba who gained notoriety as the Delta variant “Case Zero,” has died Sunday morning after being hospitalized for three weeks. The cause of death was stated as “respiratory failure caused by severe bilateral pneumonia”…

Covid-19: Brazilian man takes five jabs and was aiming for a sixth when he was caught

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil), Aug 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro city officials have reported a local man was able to get vaccinated five times in ten weeks against covid-19, presumably thanks to failures in the electronic documenting system. The multivaccinated subject is now expected to explain how he…

Argentine private plane falls down on approach to Punta del Este killing two

MONTEVIDEO, Aug 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — An Argentine-registered single-engined aircraft fell Sunday in the Sierras de las Ánimas, in the Uruguayan department of Maldonado, near Punta del Este. Both occupants died. ”The flight which was under radar control disappeared from it at 12:43 local time, prompting a search and rescue operation…

One dead and many missing as Pemex offshore plant explodes in Gulf of Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Six people were initially reported injured and taken to hospitals in nearby Campeche Sunday after a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico was set ablaze following an explosion. Later Sunday Pemex announced one of its workers had perished and several…