US: Karine Jean-Pierre named as first Black woman White House press secretary

WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre as the next White House press secretary, the first Black woman to hold the high-profile post.   Jean-Pierre, who will also be the first openly LGBTQ+ person in the role, will replace Jen Psaki, under whom…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN calls for end to Russian war in Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations and several countries called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, with little mention of reviving the two countries’ apparently stalled peace talks.   “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of…

Peru keeps emergency decree in place for now in conflict over mine

LIMA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru pledged to review conditions around a major cooper mine but said it will not lift by Friday an emergency declaration temporarily suspending civil liberties in the area, a step demanded by indigenous protesters camped out at the mine, forcing its closure. According to a…

Wheatley takes over as British Virgin Islands premier as drug-accused Fahie is ousted

ROAD TOWN, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British Virgin Islands on Thursday swore in Natalio Wheatley as the British overseas territory’s new premier following the removal of ex-premier Andrew Fahie, who was arrested on drug charges in Miami last week. The move may help the territory move beyond the scandal created by Fahie’s…

Ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year as foreign criticism mounts

Luis Enrique Ramirez Ramos, a journalist who was murdered in Sinaloa, Mexico MEXICO CITY, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican journalist was found dead in the north-western state of Sinaloa on Thursday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia practises nuclear-capable missile strikes

MOSCOW, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said its forces had practised simulated nuclear-capable missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, amid Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine.   The announcement came on the 70th day of Moscow’s military action in the pro-Western country, with thousands killed and more than 13 million…

Covid-19: Pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21 – WHO

  GENEVA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated — up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.   The World Health Organization’s long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic —…

Cambodia Recovers War-Left U.S. Massive Aerial Bomb From Riverbed In Capital

PHNOM PENH, May 6 (NNN-AKP) – A Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s bomb expert team, yesterday, safely removed a war-left unexploded AN-M66 aerial bomb, from the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a mine clearance chief, said. CMAC’s director-general, Heng Ratana said, the U.S.-made bomb, weighing 2,000 pounds…

World Bank To Provide Laos With 395 Million USD Funding Support: Report

VIENTIANE, May 5 (NNN-KPL) – The World Bank expects to support 11 projects in Laos, at a cost of about 395 million U.S. dollars, from 2022 to 2026, the Vientiane Times said today. Collaboration between Laos and the World Bank will focus on three areas, including promoting green growth, investment…

Quakes In North Chile Show “Unusual” Activity, Expert Warns

SANTIAGO, May 5 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A string of more than 40 earthquakes in north-central Chile in the past day points to “unusual” activity, the deputy director of the National Seismological Centrs at the University of Chile, Mario Pardo, said yesterday. Four quakes stronger than magnitude 5 on the Richter…
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