Covid-19: Pandemic slows globally, despite India toll

PARIS, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic slowed its pace around the world for a second week in a row, despite raging cases in India where more than 4,000 people died every day. Here is the global state of play as of Friday: . The number of new daily…

Abbas Holds First Phone Call With Biden, Discussing Tension In Gaza

RAMALLAH, May 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday held a phone call with U.S. President, Joe Biden, discussing the ongoing tension in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister, Hussein al-Sheikh, said in a press statement that, it is the first phone conversation between the two leaders since…

Uruguay: Workers announce general strike on June 17

MONTEVIDEO, May 15 (NNN-A-TELESUR) — Uruguay’s Trade Union Confederation (PIT-CNT) announced a 24-hour general strike on June 17 to denounce hunger and inequality and demand better working conditions in the country. The strike will cover all the nation’s sectors except health services, especially health care centers assisting COVID-19 patients and…

US: Panic buying prolongs fuel shortages in southeastern region

WASHINGTON, May 15 (NNN-TELESUR) — Fuel shortages caused by the shutdown of the Colonial pipeline over a ransomware attack last week in the southeastern United States have been exacerbated by panic buying and hoarding. “Long lines, sharp words and pumps gone dry greeted unhappy drivers from the Alabama foothills to…

Colombia crisis: Government ready to negotiate but protests must first stop

BOGOTA, May 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Colombian government of President Iván Duque insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue. “We are ready to sit down to negotiate,” said the government’s High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel…

Peru: Motion to impeach President Sagasti fails forlornly in Parliament

LIMA, May 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — An overwhelming majority of Peru’s Parliament voted in plenum against a motion seeking to oust President Francisco Sagasti. The motion had been submitted by Congressman César Gonzales. It was supported by 12 votes and rejected by 86 legislators, while another 19 abstained. The nays considered…

Bolivia suspends train tests to Chile after truckers protests

LA PAZ, May 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The tests to reactivate a cargo rail line that connects the Chilean port of Arica (north) with Viacha, Bolivia (southwest), will be suspended, Bolivian authorities announced, after several days of roadblocks by truck drivers against the initiative. “The test is suspended, but we are…

Argentine president holds ‘positive’ talks with IMF chief

ROME, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said he was hoping to renegotiate his country’s debt “as quickly as possible”, after talks with the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Rome. Fernandez told reporters it had been a “very constructive” and “very frank meeting, where we…

UN Chief Calls For Unified Security Council Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday called for a unified Security Council, over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and regretted the lack of multilateralism. Asked what the secretary-general expects from tomorrow’s emergency meeting of the Security Council, on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian escalation, Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said,…

Covid-19: Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns

GENEVA, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– The World Health Organization issued a grim warning that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more deadly”, as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped. “We’re on track for the second year of…
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