UN General Assembly adopts resolution to safeguard religious sites

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a new resolution that aims to combat sectarian hate and protect holy sites by encouraging greater tolerance for all religious beliefs. The resolution, titled Promoting a Culture of Peace and Tolerance to Safeguard Religious Sites, was presented during…

FIFA threatens to ban players from World Cup if they join breakaway European Super League

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino ZURICH, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — FIFA has threatened to ban any player or club involved in breakaway competitions, amid renewed talk of a European Super League involving some of the world’s biggest teams.A breakaway continental tournament has been mooted and discussed for years, with Barcelona, Real…

Iran Urges US To Return To JCPOA

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, urged new US President, Joe Biden, on the day of his inauguration, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and to lift the sanctions on the Middle Eastern country. “The ball is in the US court now. If Washington returns to…

Covid-1:US resumes WHO support, launches $1.9 trillion virus plan

GENEVA, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it would resume its funding for the UN’s health agency as President Joe Biden shifts towards greater international cooperation in the fight against Covid-19, while also launching a $1.9 trillion plan to tackle the pandemic at home. On his first day…

Covid-19: Cuba will produce 100 million doses of its vaccine

HAVANA, Jan 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Cuba to produce 100 million doses of its new Soberana 02 coronavirus vaccine this year to meet its internal demand and those of other countries, a leading Cuban scientist reported. “We are reorganizing our production capacities because we really have a lot of demand for the vaccine and we have…

South American leaders congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

QUITO, Jan 21 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Leaders of South America congratulated and celebrated the new United States administration on Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were officially inaugurated. Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno called it “a great day” for the US. “Democracy triumphs, respect for the will of…

Cuba says Trump sanctions cost it US$20 billion

HAVANA, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration’s stepped-up sanctions against Cuba cost the communist-run island some US$20 billion, a foreign ministry official said. “The damage to the bilateral relationship during this time has been considerable, and the economic harm to Cuba immense,” Johana Tabalada, a senior ministry official, said.…

Expelled Honduran migrants cling on to American dream

EL FLORIDO (Guatemala), Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Returning home to a life of hunger and desolation, Hondurans who were kicked out of Guatemala as they started off on a long walk to the United States are vowing they will not abandon their pursuit of the American dream. Among the thousands driven…

Iran Denounces “Hostage-Taking” Of Iranian National By U.S. Gov’t

TEHRAN, Jan 21 (NNN-ISNA) – Spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, denounced the “blatant hostage-taking of Iranian national” by the U.S. government. Khatibzadeh made the remarks, when asked about the arrest, in the U.S., of Iranian university professor, Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, for allegedly acting as an unregistered “foreign agent”…

Palestine’s Abbas Congratulates Biden On His Inauguration

RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, congratulated Joe Biden for his inauguration as the new president of the United States, and Kamala Harris as the vice president. Abbas expressed his “deep wishes for President Biden and Vice President Harris, to succeed in confronting the big challenges.” “We…
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