Russian Pres Putin says wants to find ways with Biden to improve ties

SAINT PETERSBURG, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is hoping to improve deeply damaged ties with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month. The face-to-face meeting in Geneva on June 16 comes amid the biggest crisis…

Drought-hit California scales up plan to truck salmon to ocean

OROVILLE (California, US), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California is scaling up a drastic operation to help its famous Chinook salmon reach the Pacific — transporting the fry by road in dozens of large tanker trucks. The tasty migratory fish…

Covid-19: Migrant school forced online unites children on Mexico border

MATAMOROS (Mexico), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Standing in her kitchen Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to the math lesson she is teaching. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in…

5.4-Magnitude Quake Hits 159 Km WNW Of Constitucion, Chile

CONSTITUCION, Chile, Jun 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.4, jolted 159 km west-northwest of Constitucion, Chile, at 03:05 GMT yesterday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 9.57 km, was initially determined to be at 34.8649 degrees south latitude, and 74.0704…

Parking Lot Shooting In Indiana Leaves Two Dead, Two Injured

CHICAGO, Jun 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two people were killed and two others injured, after a shooting in a parking lot, in the north-east of Indianapolis, capital of U.S. Midwest state of Indiana, early yesterday morning. Police officers responded to a report of shots fired just after 2.00 a.m., where they…

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Docks To Space Station

WASHINGTON, Jun 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday morning, for resupply mission. The spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing side of the ISS Harmony module, at 5:09 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. NASA astronauts, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, were…

Morocco, U.S. To Hold Annual Military Drills

RABAT, Jun 6 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco and the United States will hold a joint military drill, with the participation of other foreign troops, from tomorrow, June 7-18, in several regions in Morocco. The 17th edition of the annual military exercises named “African Lion” will be joined by troops from Britain,…

Mexico To Hold Largest Mid-Term Elections In History

MEXICO CITY, Jun 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mexico is gearing up for the largest mid-term elections in its history tomorrow, with tens of thousands of candidates vying to fill more than 20,000 public posts, according to electoral authorities. The race to watch, said political observers, is the one to fill the…

Canada’s Jobless Rate Edges Up In May

OTTAWA, Jun 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Canada’s unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percent to 8.2 percent in May, Statistics Canada said. The country’s jobless rate rose for a second month under third-wave restrictions, with about 68,000 out of job in May, due to governments’ strengthened lockdown measures, to stem the spread…

Facebook Suspends Trump’s Accounts For Two Years Under New Rules For Public Figures

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Facebook yesterday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump, for two years, the maximum penalty under a newly revealed set of rules for suspending public figures, from its former ban, set on Jan 7, 2021. “We are announcing new enforcement protocols, to be applied in…
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