Sri Lanka Rejects UN High Commissioner’s Report Over War Abuses

COLOMBO, Feb 26 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka rejected a report submitted by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, calling for accountability against allegations of human rights violations, allegedly committed in the island country during and after a civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels, local media reported yesterday.…

Biden Revokes Trump-Era Visa Ban Affecting Many Green Card Applicants

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, revoked an executive action by his predecessor, banning legal immigration for family members of U.S. citizens and residents, and diversity visa lottery recipients. Biden said that, former President, Donald Trump’s order, blocking green card applicants and temporary foreign workers “does not…

ADB Sells Two Billion USD 10-Year Global Benchmark Bond

MANILA, Feb 25 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today, that, it has sold a two-billion-U.S. dollar-10-year global bond, proceeds of which will be part of ADB’s ordinary capital resources. This is ADB’s second successful outing in the U.S. dollar market this year, ADB Treasurer, Pierre Van Peteghem,…

12 U.S. Soldiers, Two Civilians In S. Korea Test Positive For COVID-19

SEOUL, Feb 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – Twelve more U.S. soldiers and two civilians in South Korea tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said today. The USFK, said that, 14 USFK-affiliated individuals were confirmed with the COVID-19, after arriving in South Korea between Feb 3 and 22. Five service…

Human Rights Must Not Only Be Available To Privileged Few, Warns UN Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said yesterday, human rights must not only be available to the privileged few. “Much, like COVID-19 vaccines, human rights will not lead to a healthier world, if they are only available to the privileged few,” the UN chief told…

COVID-19 Cases Decline For Sixth Straight Week Worldwide But More Contagious Strains Spreading Rapidly: WHO

GENEVA, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, decreased for the sixth week in a row, but the more contagious variants of the virus are spreading fast, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly pandemic report. The number of new cases dropped by 11…

Death Toll Of Ecuador Prison Riots Climbs To 79

QUITO, Feb 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The death toll from a spate of prison riots in Ecuador on Tuesday, climbed to 79, the National Service of Comprehensive Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said, yesterday. The organisation said, it raised the death toll after four more…

Dominican Republic Receives China’s Sinovac Vaccine

SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 25 (NNN-IRIN) – The Dominican Republic received a shipment of vaccines developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac on Tuesday night, authorities said. The cargo was received at the airport in the capital by an official delegation headed by the country’s Vice President, Raquel Pena. “The arrival of…

Covid-19: Novel coronavirus strains continue to spread worldwide, WHO says

GENEVA, Feb 24 (NNN-TASS) — A more contagious coronavirus strain VOC 202012/01 that was initially detected in the UK, has been reported in seven more countries over the past week, bringing the total to 101. The 501Y.V2 strain, first detected in South Africa, has spread to 41 countries, and the…

Covid-19: Uruguay starts inoculation campaign March 1 with Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines – Pres Luis Lacalle Pou

MONTEVIDEO, Feb 24 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay will be receiving the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines Thursday evening and the official inoculation campaign will begin on Monday March 1. Over the weekend those in charge of vaccination will be the first to receive the shots, according to president Luis Lacalle Pou.…
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