India’s Agriculture Exports Rise To 41.25 Billion USD In FY 2020-21

NEW DELHI, Jun 11 (NNN-PTI) – India’s agriculture exports, during the financial year 2020-21 (Apr 2020-Mar 2021) crossed the 40- billion U.S. dollar-mark, reaching 41.25 billion U.S. dollars, indicating an increase of 17.34 percent over the previous year. Briefing the media virtually, Commerce Secretary, Anup Wadhawan, stated that, agriculture exports…

World Bank To Provide 1.1-Billion-USD Financial Support To Jordan In Fiscal 2021

AMMAN, Jun 11 (NNN-PETRA) – The World Bank Group and other partners will provide a package of over 1.1 billion U.S. dollars, in financial support to Jordan in the 2021 fiscal year, the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation said yesterday. The package includes support to Jordan’s COVID-19 Emergency…

World Insights: Trump’s Return To Spotlight Highlights Possible 2024 White House Run

by Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Former U.S. President, Donald Trump, returned to the spotlight, underscoring the possibility that the bombastic billionaire will make a run at the White House in the next U.S. elections. On Monday’s Varney & Co. on Fox Business News, Trump spoke on a…

J&J COVID-19 Vaccines Pile Up, Likely To Expire As Demand Falls In U.S.

WASHINGTON, Jun 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – As demand for COVID-19 vaccines declines across the United States, unused Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses may have to go to waste, an NBC News report said. The buildup of doses is largely a result of the Food and Drug Administration’s order in early Apr,…

U.S. Senate Confirms First Muslim American Federal Judge

WASHINGTON, Jun 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. Senate, yesterday, confirmed Zahid N. Quraishi to become the first Muslim American federal judge, in the country’s history. “Mr. Quraishi will be the first American Muslim in United States history to serve as an Article III federal judge. Third largest religion in the…

Russia Ends MOU With U.S. On Facilitating Travels For Diplomats

MOSCOW, Jun 11 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, signed an order to nullify the Russian-U.S. memorandum of understanding (MOU), on “open ground” that facilitated travels for diplomats in their host country. Mishustin asked the Russian Foreign Ministry to inform the U.S. side of the termination, according to the…

UK, US Agree To Work To Reopen Travel As Johnson, Biden Meet

FALMOUTH, Jun 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and U.S. President, Joe Biden, yesterday agreed to work to resume travel between the two countries and signed a new Atlantic Charter, as they met ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit. “They agreed to work to reopen travel…

Thousands of Colombians in fresh protests against President Duque

BOGOTA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people took to the streets in several cities across Colombia in fresh protests against President Ivan Duque. Dozens of people have been killed in protests that erupted around the country on April 28, initially against a tax hike that would have mostly affected…

Latin America’s first solar thermal plant opens in Chile

SANTIAGO, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chile inaugurated Latin America’s first-ever solar thermal energy plant, a vast complex dubbed Cerro Dominador in the Atacama desert that gives a boost to the country’s quest for carbon neutrality by 2050. In an area exceeding 700 hectares, 10,600 mirrors surround a 250-meter-high tower topped…

UN concerned over deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile

UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Nations (UN) voiced their concern about Sunday’s deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile despite legal actions taken against such a measure. We express concern about a new process of expulsion of Venezuelan foreigners, which occurred on June 6,” said a statement released…
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