Suspect charged with terrorism for truck attack on Canada Muslims

OTTAWA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian authorities have charged the suspect behind an attack in which a Muslim family was mowed down by a pick-up truck with terrorism, prosecutors said Monday in court. Four members of the Afzaal family — a man and his wife, their teenage daughter and his…

NATO chief says ‘no new Cold War’ with China

BRUSSELS, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday there is no new Cold War with China but the western allies will have to adapt to the challenge of Beijing’s rise. “We’re not entering a new Cold War and China is not our adversary, not our enemy,”…

Covid-19: Number of cases worldwide surpasses 175 mln – WHO

GENEVA, June 14 (NNN-TASS) — The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection worldwide has surpassed 175 million increasing by more than 387,000 over the past 24 hours. According to the data of the World Health Organization (WHO) published on Sunday, the number of fatalities has increased by…

Two Americans Plead Guilty To Helping Ex-Nissan Chief Ghosn Flee Japan

TOKYO, Jun 14 (NNN-NHK) – Two Americans, charged with helping former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, flee Japan in 2019, while on bail awaiting his trial, pleaded guilty at their first hearing in court today. Michael Taylor, a 60-year-old former Green Beret, and his son Peter, 28, have already…

Mexican man trying to enter US dies after falling from border wall

US forensic specialists working next to the body of a Mexican migrant who died after falling on US soil while climbing the border wall between Mexico and the United States EL PASO (Texas, US), June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican man died as he fell while trying to scale a…

Peru’s socialists cheer election win as conservatives pledge to fight on

Peru’s presidential candidate Pedro Castillo LIMA, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s socialist party and presidential candidate Pedro Castillo have cheered their likely victory in the Andean country’s tightly-contested election, despite right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori’s pledge to fight on until the last vote is counted. The polarised contest, a crossroads moment…

Covid-19: Judge tosses Houston hospital workers’ lawsuit over vaccine requirement

An ambulance arrives at the Houston Methodist Hospital emergency room amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston HOUSTON (Texas, US), June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. In…

US Pres Biden to rebuild ‘sacred’ NATO bond shaken by former president Trump

BRUSSELS, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden will seek to restore bonds of trust at NATO’s first post-Trump summit on Monday, as leaders push to revitalise the alliance despite differences over dangers ahead. The allies will agree a statement stressing common ground on securing their withdrawal from Afghanistan,…

Nicaragua detains four more opposition figures

MANAGUA, June 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaraguan police said that they had detained four more opposition figures in a roundup ahead of November presidential elections in which four would-be challengers of long-serving leader Daniel Ortega have already been held. Those arrested Sunday were top figures of the Unamos opposition party —…

US Pres Biden congratulates Israel’s new prime minister in phone call

WASHINGTON, June 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday offered congratulations to Naftali Bennett as Israel’s new prime minister. In a phone call with Bennett, Biden highlighted his decades of support for the bilateral relations and his unwavering commitment to Israel’s security, according to a White House statement.…
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