Covid-19: Doctors on strike in Bolivia to force lockdown

Santa Cruz is the worst hit region in Bolivia LA PAZ, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Health care workers in Bolivia’s region worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic began a 48-hour strike on Tuesday to demand a lockdown to battle the rise in infections. Emergency services and hospitals attending COVID-19 patients are…

US Senate votes to proceed with impeachment trial of former President Trump

Billboard trucks parked on the National Mall near of the US Capitol during the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in Washington WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Senate voted to proceed with the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The Senate voted 56-44 that the impeachment…

Covid-19: Brazilian companies launch plan to speed up vaccination

BRASILIA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian businesses and non-profit groups announced a plan to help speed up the government’s troubled Covid-19 immunization drive, with the goal of vaccinating the entire country by September. The “United for the Vaccine” initiative aims to tap the logistical expertise of the private sector to…

Haiti president acts to oust judges in power struggle

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise tried to force out three judges who were proposed as potential interim national leader to replace him in the latest twist of the country’s political crisis. Moise says his term in office lasts until February 2022 — but the opposition argues…

Covid-19: Peru gives first vaccines, Argentina approves Indian jab

LIMA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru began its coronavirus immunization program just two days after receiving 300,000 vaccine doses from state-owned Chinese company Sinopharm. The country has been hard hit by a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping Latin America. It has recorded around 1.2 million cases and more…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, Feb 10 (NNN-AGNECIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The virus has killed at least 2,325,744 people since the outbreak emergedin China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources. The US is the worst-affected country with 465,083 deaths followed byBrazil…

Pakistani FM Apprises Chilean Counterpart Of Rescue Operation For Missing Mountaineer

ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, held a telephone conversation with his Chilean counterpart, Andres Allamand regarding a missing Chilean mountaineer who attempted to scale the world’s second-highest peak K2, in winter. Chilean mountaineer, Juan Pablo Mohr, was attempting to scale K2 with Pakistan’s renowned…

Covid-19: Pandemic sinks over 16 million into poverty in Lat-Am

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 16 million people to fall into poverty in Latin America, the International Monetary Fund reported. “The crisis has had a disproportionate impact on employment, with losses concentrated mostly on women, youth, and informal and lower-skilled workers, and social indicators…

France want “environmental and health standards” guarantees from Mercosur to sign the trade accord

PARIS, Feb 9 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Mercosur/European Union trade agreement signing delayed because of a demand from France for guarantees referred to as “environmental and health standards” from country members of the South American block. The French foreign trade minister Franck Riester said Paris will not sign, but “it does not…

Chagossian people claiming billions of dollars from the US government for loss of Diego Garcia island

NEW YORK, Feb 9 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Chagossian people are seeking billions of dollars in damages from the United States under the Foreign Claims Act. The United Nations General Assembly, African Union, and International Court of Justice have all found that the forcible deportation of the Chagos Islanders a generation…
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