US shooting: Minneapolis under curfew after officer shoots Black motorist dead

MINNEAPOLIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh protests broke out Monday night in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man when she confused her handgun with her taser, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder…

Covid-19: US breaks vaccination record with 4.6 million shots in one day

An average of 3 million vaccine doses are being administered every day in the US WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US continues to make rapid strides with its vaccination programme, announcing that health care workers carried out more than 4.6 million vaccinations on Saturday.“A new record,” Cyrus Shahpar, the…

Conservative banker Lasso wins presidential run-off in Ecuador

Lasso got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted QUITO, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Conservative banker Guillermo Lasso has won Ecuador’s presidential run-off vote.The 65-year-old got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted, while left-wing candidate Andres Arauz received 47.48…

St Vincent volcano: Power cuts after another ‘explosive event’

 KINGSTOWN, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) —There has been another “explosive event” at a volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, with power outages and water supplies cut off. The La Soufrière volcano first erupted on Friday, blanketing the island in a layer of ash and forcing some 16,000 people to evacuate their…

US racism: Police who pepper-sprayed Black army officer sack; governor ordered full investigation

WINDSOR (Virginia, US), April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of the police officers accused of using excessive force against a Black US Army officer in a Virginia traffic stop has been fired following an investigation, the town manager said. The Windsor officers pointed guns at, pepper sprayed and pushed to the ground Second Lt.…

Covid-19: Brazil now has more young than old Covid patients in ICUs

BRASILIA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of Covid-19 patients under 40 in intensive care in Brazil surpassed older groups last month, a researcher said, amid a deadly surge driven partly by a new coronavirus variant. The number of people aged 39 or younger in intensive care units with Covid-19…

Iranian FM Blames Israel For Sabotage Act In Uranium Enrichment Plant

TEHRAN, Apr 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, blamed Israel for the incident in central Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment site. Israel “wants to take revenge on the Iranian people for their success in lifting the unjust sanctions, but we will not allow it,” Zarif said, in a…

Argentina Registers 15,262 New COVID-19 Cases

BUENOS AIRES, Apr 12 (NNN-TELAM) – Argentina registered 15,262 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the national tally to 2,532,562, according to the country’s ministry of health. The ministry also reported 132 more deaths from the disease, taking the nationwide death toll to 57,779. A total of 2,233,140 patients have recovered…

COVID-19 Death Toll In California Exceeds 60,000

SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from COVID-19 in California exceeded 60,000, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The state recorded the pandemic milestone of 60,015 fatalities, as of Saturday. There were 3,673,398 cases in California. A total of 427,349 cases occurred in the Bay Area, including 6,053…

Xinhua Commentary: Rampant Gun Violence Makes U.S. A Proven Hypocrite On Human Rights

WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – A recent string of mass shootings in the United States, once again proved that the country, always proclaiming itself a defender of human rights, is indeed a hypocrite, as deadly gun violence rate keeps ballooning, while gun proliferation remains rampant. U.S. President, Joe Biden, depicted…
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