US: FBI screens troops ahead of Wednesday’s Joe Biden inauguration

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US law enforcement agencies are screening National Guard members to make sure they do not pose a security risk during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a four-star general said. Following the Jan 6 riots at the Capitol building in support of outgoing President Donald Trump, it…

Update: Global coronavirus cases top 95 mln

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (NNN-TASS) – The global number of confirmed coronavirus cases has crossed the 95 million mark, according to data from the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The overall number of cases has reached 95,003,533, as many as 2,029,938 patients have died. The United States accounts for the majority of…

Peru: Ex-Pres Vizcarra barred from run for Congress

LIMA, Jan 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Lima’s Special Electoral Jury (JEE) excluded Peru’s former President Martin Vizcarra’s (2018-2020) candidacy for Congress over the omission of information about his personal incomes.  The JEE concluded that Vizcarra did not specify all the information about the incomes received from the company Agrotecnica Estuquiña SA, of…

Pots and pans against Pres Bolsonaro heard loud in Brazil

BRASILIA, Jan 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Hundreds of people made their pots and pan ring out to demand Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro’s resignation due to his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The protest was driven by the chaotic situation in the state of Amazonas, where its capital Manaus experienced a serious lack of hospital beds and…

Covid-19: Argentina reports the first case of Britain’s variant

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina confirmed the first case in the country of a new coronavirus variant that was first identified in Britain and appears to be more contagious. The new variant was detected in a traveler who arrived asymptomatic in Argentina from Germany at the end of…

Massive turnout of Chileans with aspiration of rewriting the Pinochet constitution

SANTIAGO, Jan 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile’s Electoral body reported that more than 3,300 hopefuls have applied for selection to the commission that will rewrite the country’s current constitution, a legacy of dictator General Augusto Pinochet who ruled the country from 1973 to 1990. Applicants had until midnight to register their…

Guatemalan forces clash with migrant caravan, Biden team seeks to halt exodus

US-bound Honduran migrants clash with Guatemalan soldiers in Vado Hondo, Guatemala VADO HONDO (Guatemala), Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalan security forces used sticks and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the United States, just days before the advent of a new US administration, which urged travelers…

Covid-19: Global vaccine campaign gains pace as Brazil starts jabs

Brazilian nurse Monica Calazans receives the vaccine against COVID-19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil PARIS, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global Covid-19 vaccination drive gained pace as Brazil gave its first injections and India pushed on with its massive campaign, while European authorities sought to allay concerns about delays in supplies.…

Covid-19: Number of cases across globe up by over 683,000 in 24-hour – WHO

GENEVA, Jan 18 (NNN-TASS) — More than 683,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past 24 hours, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 93.19 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin. As of Jan 17, as many as…

Five shot dead in rare Mexico City attack

MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were shot dead in central Mexico City, the local security secretariat said, a rare attack in the capital and likely linked to organized crime, according to local media. The attack occurred late Friday at the town hall in Miguel Hidalgo, one of…
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