Ecuador election: Outgoing president urges officials to give accurate vote count quickly

QUITO, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s outgoing President Lenin Moreno called on the National Electoral Council (CNE) to deliver accurate election results quickly, as doubt remains days after the vote over who will join Andres Arauz in an April presidential run-off. “The country needs the results, but also the total…

Pres Biden asks court to pause move to ban TikTok in US

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden’s administration has asked a US federal court to pause proceedings aimed at banning TikTok to allow for a fresh review of the national security threat from the popular Chinese-owned video app. The filing in a federal appeals court said the new administration…

US backs Japan concerns on China ships

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced concern over China’s incursions into Japanese territorialwaters, recommitting to the ally’s defense. In a telephone call, Blinken and Japanese foreign minister ToshimitsuMotegi “expressed concern over increased Chinese assertiveness around the Senkaku Islands following China’s enactment of a new…

Haitian police fire tear gas on protesters, journalists

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haitian police fired tear gas onhundreds of protesters who were marching against President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, and attacked journalists covering thedemonstration, in the latest clashes to mark the country’s political crisis. The protesters accuse Moise of illegally extending his term in office. He…

Trump impeachment trial: Terrifying riot footage dominates 2nd day proceeding

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Impeachment prosecutors Wednesday aired terrifying, never-before-seen footage of senior US politicians fleeing for their lives during the January assault on Congress by Donald Trump supporters on day two of the former president’s Senate trial. With painstaking, graphic presentations, Democratic impeachment managers walked senators through hours…

Magnitude 7.7 Quake Hits Southeast Of Loyalty Islands, Tsunami Alert Issued

LOYALTY ISLANDS (In The Pacific), Feb 11 (NNN-PIN) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7, jolted southeast of the Loyalty Islands, yesterday, with a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A tsunami alert has been issued. “Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible, within the…

Malaysia’s Natural Rubber Production Rises 17.1 Percent In Dec, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Malaysia’s natural rubber production rose 17.1 percent to 49,825 tonnes in Dec, 2020, from 42,554 tonnes in the previous month, official data showed yesterday. On a year-on-year basis, the natural rubber production decreased by 14.7 percent, Malaysian Statistics Department said, in a statement. Meanwhile,…

Majidi’s “Khorshid” To Represent Iran In 2021 Oscars

TEHRAN, Feb 10 (NNN-IRNA) – “Khorshid” (The Sun), by famous Iranian director, Majid Majidi, is among 15 international short films introduced to the 2021 Oscars. Khorshid is selected among 93 films, which had been introduced to the Oscars from different world countries.   A committee will select five out of…

Covid-19: US backs WHO probe, distances itself from Wuhan lab theory

Journalists attend the WHO-China joint study news conference on the study of origins of the coronavirus disease, at a hotel in Wuhan WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States distanced itself from a theory propagated by former president Donald Trump that COVID-19 came from a Chinese laboratory and voiced…

US shooting: 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minnesota health clinic; local man arrested

BUFFALO (Minnesota, US), Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities say one person is dead and four others are wounded in a shooting at a Minnesota health clinic. A 67-year-old local man said to have been angry with the care he received was arrested. The five people were taken to hospitals after Tuesday’s attack…
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