Covid-19: US Vice President Pence to get vaccine Friday – White House

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife will get the Covid-19 vaccine Friday in a public display designed to boost national confidence, the White House said. Pence and his wife Karen Pence “will publicly receive a Covid-19 vaccine to promote the safety and efficacy…

Covid-10: US sets new 24-hour record of infections

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US set a new daily record ofCovid-19 cases with more than 248,000 infections registered in thepast 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University virus monitor reported. In the same period, 2,706 new deaths were recorded, according to datareleased by the university. Coronavirus infections have increased…

UK, Mexico Sign Trade Deal As Brexit Transition Period Draws To A Close

LONDON, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain and Mexico signed an agreement, aimed to secure the existing bilateral trade, following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said yesterday. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement will provide certainty for British and Mexican…

Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 182,000

SAO PAULO, Dec 16 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil, yesterday reported 964 deaths from COVID-19, over the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to 182,799, according to the country’s health ministry. Meanwhile, 42,889 new infections were reported, bringing the total caseload to 6,970,034, the ministry said. Also yesterday, the ministry…

China Calls For Strengthening Of Ties After Electoral College Affirms Biden’s Victory

BEIJING, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – China and the United States should strengthen dialogue and communication, to advance the healthy and steady development of bilateral ties, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin, made the remarks, in response to a query on the confirmed results of the U.S.…

Russian Pres Putin congratulates Pres-elect Joe Biden on US election victory: Kremlin

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Moscow March 10, 2011 MOSCOW, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote…

Covid-19: US finds first case of coronavirus in wild animal, an Utah mink

The virus has killed more than 15,000 farmed mink in the United States since August WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Agriculture said that it confirmed the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal, a mink. The discovery increases concerns about outbreaks in mink as…

Venezuelan migrant shipwreck dead rises to 20

CARACAS, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 20 Venezuelan migrants died when a ship heading for Trinidad and Tobago sank, the public prosecutor’s office said. Over the weekend the Venezuelan government said 14 bodies had been recovered either at sea or washed up on a beach. Attorney General Tarek William Saab…

Morocco’s police disperse protest against ties with Israel

A protester against the normalization deal between Morocco and Israel gestures, in Rabat RABAT, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moroccan authorities dispersed a group of activists who tried to hold a protest outside the parliament building in the capital to denounce the country’s recent decision to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. Dozens…

Palestinian FM Urges ICC To Achieve Equity For Palestinians

RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, yesterday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC), to fulfil its mandate and achieve accountability and equity for the Palestinian people. “The Palestinians suffered and are still suffering from the Israeli occupier’s crimes, for more than 70 years, awaiting justice,” al-Maliki…
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