Americas

Covid-19: Most US vaccines go idle as New York, Florida move to penalise hospitals

Nurse Sandra Lindsay receives the second dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York…

Bolivia: Tuni glacier is disappearing and so is the water it supplies

LA PAZ, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s Tuni glacier is disappearing faster than initially anticipated, according to scientists in the…

US judge blocks Pres Trump sanctions targeting human rights lawyers, war crimes tribunal

NEW YORK, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US judge blocked the Trump administration from sanctioning human rights lawyers for supporting the…

Five new countries join polarized UN Security Council

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five new countries — India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland and Kenya — formally joined the…

Mexican president offers WikiLeaks founder political asylum

Assange pictured leaving court in January a year ago MEXICO CITY, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez…

U.S. Special Envoy Visits Pakistan Ahead Of Afghan Negotiations

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (NNN-APP) – U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with Pakistan’s Army Chief, Gen. Qamar…

Update: Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church

WINONA (Texas, US), Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A pastor was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting…

Covid-19: Venezuela to implement seven-day hard lockdown to slow coronavirus

The seven days will be followed by a week of more flexible measures CARACAS, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela implement…

Brazil wildfires surge again in 2020, a decade-high

BRASILIA, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent last year to a decade-high, according…

Covid-19: US officials reject Pres Trump claims on ‘exaggerated’ toll, defend vaccine rollout

WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US officials rejected outgoing Pres Donald Trump’s claim that the national Covid-19 death toll of…