Covid-19: Barbados to impose a two-week lockdown starting Feb 3

BRIDGETOWN, Jan 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that the country will enter “a period of national pause” as part of new restrictions to curb the spread of the Nobel coronavirus.  The lockdown will begin on Feb3 until Feb 17 to allow health personnel to conduct COVID-19…

Covid-19: Ecuador’s lawmakers dismiss Health Minister Zevallos over “mishandling of virus management”

QUITO, Jan 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — Ecuador’s Parliament approved the dismissal and the beginning of an impeachment process against Health Minister Juan Zevallos for alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.  Lawmakers Doris Soliz and Rodrigo Collaguazo presented the impeachment motion which was approved with 121 votes in favor and four abstentions. On Monday,…

Covid-19: Argentine president calls for LatAm unity to tackle pandemic

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Argentine President Alberto Fernandez called for Latin American unity to tackle the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic is much more than a disease that has claimed lives. The pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of a system,” Fernandez said in an…

International police dismantle world’s ‘most dangerous’ criminal hacking network

LONDON, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International law enforcement agencies said they had dismantled a criminal hacking scheme used to steal billions of dollars from businesses and private citizens worldwide. Police in six European countries, Canada and the United States, completed a joint operation to take control of Internet servers used…

Covid-19: US demands ‘robust’ international probe into virus origins

A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan after repeated delays to probe the virus’s origins WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States wants a “robust and clear” international probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Speaking…

US issues terror alert over anti-government extremists

An August 2020 photo shows a man carrying ammunition and a confederate flag taking part in a far-right rally in Georgia WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Homeland Security has declared a nationwide terrorism alert, citing the potential threat from domestic anti-government extremists opposed to Democrat Joe Biden…

Japan’s PM Suga Holds First Phone Conversation With Biden

TOKYO, Jan 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, spoke with new U.S. President, Joe Biden, via the phone today (Thursday), which was their first phone conversation, since the American leader was inaugurated last week. In the talks that lasted about 30 minutes, the two leaders affirmed the importance…

Cvid-19: UK to impose hotel quarantine for returning Britons

LONDON, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British citizens returning home from roughly 30 countries deemed at “high risk” from new coronavirus variants could soon have to quarantine in hotels, reports said. Beefed-up rules will require the travellers to stay in hotels near airports for 10 days. Non-UK arrivals from the targeted…

Chilean president ratifies support for Argentina claims in the Falklands’ dispute

SANTIAGO, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean President Sebastián Piñera ratified his administration’s support for “Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands,” and called for Argentina and UK to resume talks to find a peaceful solution to the controversy in the framework of UN resolutions on the…

Europe calls on Venezuela for broad talks and new elections, warns of more sanctions

BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The European Union called for broad political talks in Venezuela to set up new elections and warned that it stands ready to slap sanctions on more senior Venezuelan officials in the country if they undermine democracy or take part in human rights violations. EU foreign…
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