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…

Covid-19: Argentina health minister resign over vaccine line-jumping

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s health ministerresigned late Friday after it emerged that friends of his had been able toskip the line for a Covid-19 vaccination. Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garci stepped down after President AlbertoFernandez called on him to quit in the wake of the scandal. “Responding…

Central America planning for wave of migrant caravans

Honduran migrants get off a police truck in El Florido, Guatemala as they voluntarily return to their home country in January 2021 GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Central American countries are preparing for a wave of migrant caravans containing people from as far away as Africa and Asia to…

US urges Myanmar junta to yield power after protester death

People in Yangon tend a memorial for Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, a young protester who was shot in Naypyitaw WASHINGTON/YANGON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Washington has urged the leaders of Myanmar’s new military regime to refrain from violence and relinquish power, after the death of a young anti-coup protester sparked new anger against the…

Ecuador elections: Arauz and Lasso to second round on April 11, CNE says

QUITO, Feb 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed on Friday that Creating Opportunities’ (CREO) candidate Guillermo Lasso would face the first-round winner Andres Arauz on the second round of the presidential elections on April 11. With 100 percent of the ballot records processed, the electoral body reported…

Covid-19: J&J submits one-shot vaccine for WHO emergency use approval

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, still under review by the United States health regulator GENEVA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Johnson & Johnson said that it had submitted data to the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use listing of its COVID-19 vaccine, which would allow for wider access to the…

US: Democrats unveil immigration reforms offering citizenship to 11 mn

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrats unveiled legislation for President Joe Biden’s plan to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, saying there is no justification for denying them a permanent home in the United States. Biden called the policy reforms “long overdue” and said they were…
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