Mexico offers to pay for repatriation of Guatemalan migrants killed by police, immigration officers

MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mexican government said it had offered to cover the costs of repatriating the remains of Guatemalan migrants who were found murdered in the northern state of Tamaulipas last month. The National Migration Institute (INM) said in a statement that it offered Guatemalan ambassador…

Covid-19: US in mourning over 500,000 deaths

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden ordered flagslowered to half mast after the United States crossed the“heartbreaking” milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, while Britain eyedlifting lockdowns in the latest sign of global gains against the pandemic. “I know what it’s like,” an emotional Biden said in a national…

Wife of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ arrested at US airport

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US authorities arrested the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at an airport outside of Washington on narcotics smuggling charges, the Justice Department said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, faces one charge of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for…

US winter storm: Texas temporarily blocks providers from sending electricity bills

A worker repairs a power line in Austin, Texas on Saturday HOUSTON (Texas, US), Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in US state of Texas have signed orders to temporarily stop power companies from sending bills to customers, after the severe weather and massive blackouts.During a press briefing, Texas Governor Greg…

Qatari Special Envoy Holds Talks With Pakistani Officials On Afghan Peace Process

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (NNN-APP) – Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani, special envoy of Qatar’s foreign minister for counter-terrorism and mediation of conflict resolution, held talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, focusing on the Afghan peace process. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said,…

Covid-19: Brazil to start producing vaccine in first half of 2021

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil will begin to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the first half of 2021, a state-run biological sciences institution said. With a technology transfer agreement with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation based in Rio de Janeiro will be able to start…

US reaffirms willingness to engage Iran over nuclear issue

State Dept. Spokesman Ned Price WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — The US Department of State reaffirmed the willingness to engage with Tehran over the nuclear issue, downplaying new threats by the Iranian leadership to boost uranium enrichment. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a daily press briefing that the…

Egypt, U.S. Discuss Military, Security, Anti-Terror Cooperation

CAIRO, Feb 23 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and visiting Commander of U.S. Central Command, Kenneth McKenzie, discussed yesterday, ways to strengthen cooperation in the military, security and anti-terrorism fields. During a meeting in Cairo, Sisi and McKenzie also discussed joint military training programmes and the exchange of experience,…

Myanmar: Huge anti-coup rallies after junta threat of death

YANGON, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of thousands of anti-coupprotesters rallied across Myanmar again Monday after a clear threat from the junta that it was prepared to use lethal force to crush what it branded as“anarchy”. The warning came after three demonstrators were shot dead over the weekend, and the…

Boeing 747 cargo plane drops engine parts in Netherlands, two injured

Debris after pieces of metal fell from a Boeing 747 cargo plane on Sunday AMSTERDAM, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were injured after pieces of a cargo plane broke off and fell onto a town in the Netherlands, according to authorities there. Pieces of metal fell on the town…
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