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…

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…
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