Americas

Covid-19: Canada approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

OTTAWA, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, days after Britain became the first country to greenlight…

Covid-19: US defense chief, top generals to get vaccine next week

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and his top generals will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by…

Saudi prince asks US court to dismiss ‘assassination’ lawsuit

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asked a US federal court to throw…

Nobel-winning UN food agency warns of ‘hunger pandemic’ worse than Covid

OSLO, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in aceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World…

Beoing’s 737 MAX Resumes Commercial Flights In Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 10 (NNN-CMA) – A Boeing 737 MAX passenger plane, restarted commercial flight in Brazil yesterday, the…

Pakistani PM, Bill Gates To Work Together Against COVID-19

ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill…

UN Chief Says He Will Take COVID-19 Vaccine

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said yesterday that, he will take a COVID-19 vaccine publicly,…

Biden Formally Introduces Nominee For Pentagon Chief

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, yesterday formally introduced retired four-star General, Lloyd Austin, as his nominee…

Covid-19: Latinos in Los Angeles twice as likely to contract coronavirus

LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latinos living in Los Angeles aretwice as likely to contract Covid-19 as the county’s…

Over 80 mn people displaced, a ‘bleak milestone’: UN

GENEVA, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite calls for ceasefires and compassion amid the Covid-19 pandemic, violence and persecution have continued…