Covid-19: Chile launches vaccination campaign and inoculates 140,000 on the first day

SANTIAGO, Feb 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile on Wednesday launched its mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, inoculating people over 90 years old at over 1,400 vaccination centers across the country. “After 11 months of hard, painful and difficult times of pandemic, today we are initiating a mass vaccination process throughout our…

Russia offered Argentina fighter aircraft and training jets, defense website reports

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Russia has again approached the Argentine government to offer defense equipment, including military planes for the air force. The information was released by the InfoDefensa website, which cited a recent meeting between the Russian ambassador to Argentina, Dmitry V. Feoktistov, and the commander of…

Brazil: Mining giant Vale signs US$7bn settlement deal over Brumadinho disaster that killed more than 270 people

BRASILIA, Feb 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian mining giant Vale signed a settlement deal to pay 37.7 billion reais (US$ 7 billion) to the state of Minas Gerais, following the collapse of a dam two years ago that devastated the city of Brumadinho and killed more than 270 people. The rupture…

Lavrov, Blinken discuss normalization of Russian-US relations during first phone call

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (NNN-TASS) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov andUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed the normalization ofrelations between Moscow and Washington during their phone call on Thursday, along with issues of strategic stability, the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Syrian regulation and the Alexey Navalny case,…

Taiwan blames Chinese ‘bullying’ for Guyana revoking representative office

TAIPEI, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taiwan on Friday blamed Chinese “bullying” for Guyana’s decision to revoke a deal for the island to open a representative office in the South American country, saying it had tried without success to get Guyana to change its mind. Taiwan had already begun initial operations at the…

Trump refuses to testify in ‘unconstitutional’ impeachment trial

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former president Donald Trump refused to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called byHouse prosecutors to give evidence, branding the process “unconstitutional.” Trump’s lawyers ridiculed the request in a letter by lead House prosecutorJamie Raskin to answer questions over the Jan 6 attack…

US could see employment recovery in January

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A nationwide drop in Covid-19 cases and improvements in economic indicators have raised hopes that the US labor market is on the upswing, and government data due out Friday could show how strong that recovery is. The Labor Department is set to release its January…

Mexico arrests ex-governor accused of torturing journalist

MEXICO CITY, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Mexican governor appeared in court Thursday on charges of ordering the torture of a journalist who accused him of links to a child pornography ring. Mario Marin was detained on Wednesday in Acapulco and transferred to Cancun in connection with the allegations…

US freezes troop withdrawal from Germany, ends support for Yemen conflict

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — US President Joe Biden said that the United States is freezing troop withdrawal from Germany and ending its support for offensive operations in the Yemen conflict. Biden in the speech also unveiled several policy changes regarding the Yemen conflict, US forces posture in Germany, and…

Brazil ends Car Wash anti corruption unit, which sent top politicians and business leaders to jail

BRASILIA, Feb 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially been disbanded putting an end for a team of prosecutors that sent dozens of Brazilian and regional political and business leaders to jail, including several former presidents. The task force, which stemmed from a routine money-laundering investigation into…
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