US, EU ‘deeply concerned’ by reports Myanmar security forces fired on protesters

Demonstrators fill the streets in Yangon WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is “deeply concerned” by reports that Myanmar security forces have fired on protesters and continue to detain and harass demonstrators and others, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in tweet. “We stand with the people of Burma,” Price tweeted.…

US shooting: 3 killed, 2 injured in shooting at gun store in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana, US), Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people are dead and another two injured after a shooting inside a gun store in the state of Louisiana, authorities said. The deadly shootout occurred just before 3 p.m. local time Saturday at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, located in…

US: United Airlines flight lands safely after engine failure sends debris near Denver

Debris from a United Airlines Boeing 777 landed by a home in Broomfield, Colorado DENVER (Colorado, US), Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 jet with 241 people aboard landed safely with no injuries at Denver International Airport after engine failure caused debris to fall Saturday afternoon about…

US snow storms: Gas stations still dark as Texas emerges from freeze

 HOUSTON (Texas, US), Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,700 gas stations are without electricity because of the Texas power disaster, threatening to push pump prices even higher with key refineries in the state still shut. The total represents more than 13% of the stations in Texas, Patrick DeHaan, head of…

Over 200 million vaccine doses administered globally, 45% in G7 countries

PARIS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories. Some 45 percent of the injections took places in countries belonging to the wealthy G7 club, whose members promised to share doses more fairly with worse-off countries. The…

IAEA Chief In Tehran Ahead Of Iran’s Deadline To Withdraw From Additional Protocol

TEHRAN, Feb 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Head of UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, arrived in Tehran yesterday, ahead of Iran’s deadline to withdraw from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) additional protocol. “The trip is aimed at technical consultations with the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, about how to continue cooperation…

US: Pres Biden to declare major disaster for Texas hit by snow storms

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden is set to declare a major disaster for Texas, clearing the way for more federal funds to be spent on relief efforts. Power is returning in the state and temperatures are set to rise but some 13 million people are still…

US: 2 air force pilots killed in military jet crash

First responders at the scene of a military plane crash outside Montgomery, Alabama on Friday MONTGOMERY (Alabama, US), Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were killed when a military plane crashed on Friday near the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama, according to the facility’s executive director Marshall Taggart, Jr. The…

Covid-19: US storms delay vaccines in all 50 states – White House

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has a backlog of six million COVID-19 vaccine doses due to winter storms and power outages weather, White House officials said at a media briefing, adding that the federal government expects to catch up with vaccine distribution by next week. All 50…

Update: Asylum seekers begin entering US under Pres Biden reforms

TIJUANA (Mexico), Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A first group of 25 asylumseekers crossed the US border Friday under President Joe Biden’s sweepingimmigration reforms, while thousands more waited in Mexico hoping that they, too, would be allowed in. Under former president Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program, tens of thousands of…
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