Covid-19 roundup: US to start vaccinating as Germany returns to partial lockdown

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States prepared to start its Covid-19 vaccination program on Monday as the nation’s death toll edged towards 300,000, while Germany announced a partial lockdown over the holidays due to an explosion of cases. Delivery trucks with special refrigeration equipment rolled out of a…

US shooting: Man shot dead by New York police after Christmas concert gunfire

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man was fatally shot by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of a Christmas choral concert, police said. The gunfire began just before 4 p.m. at the…

14 dead in migrant shipwreck between Venezuela and Trinidad

CARACAS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Venezuelan government said it had found 14 bodies after a ship carrying migrants bound for Trinidad and Tobago was wrecked en route. The government said in a statement that 11 bodies were found by a Coast Guard patrol on Saturday afternoon, and “today, following…

US Electoral College set to confirm Biden win as Trump fights on

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognize Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this year with Donald Trump stubbornly refusing to admit defeat. The results of the Nov 3…

US: Khalistan supporters vandalise Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside Indian embassy in Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-PTI) — A violent group of Khalistani separatists has desecrated Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy here during a demonstration by Sikh-American youths in support of farmers protesting against the recently enacted agriculture laws in India. Hundreds of Sikhs from in and around Greater Washington DC…

Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine reach hospitals across US on Monday

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine reach hospitals and other sites across the United States by Monday morning, a top official said, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans. The shots left the Pfizer factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday,…

US unrest: Four stabbed and one shot after pro-Trump rallies

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were stabbed and one shot as rallies backing President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud led to clashes in major US cities. Scuffles broke out in many places between rally-goers and counter-protesters who turned up to criticize the president, who lost the…

Palestine Welcomes UN Report On Israeli Demolition Of Palestinian Homes

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine welcomed a fresh report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes. On the OCHA report, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, Israel’s escalation of seizing and demolishing Palestinian homes constitutes “a crime against humanity that…

Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 181,000

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 13 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 181,123 yesterday, after 686 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Brazilian Ministry of Health said. According to the ministry, tests also detected 43,900 new cases in the past day, raising the national count…

Covid-19: WHO warns Christmas celebrations could turn to Covid tears

People shop for a Christmas tree at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox church in Washington, DC, two weeks before Christmas GENEVA, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) –: The World Health Organisation warned that Christmas celebrations could turn to tears if people fail to keep up their guard against Covid-19 during the festive season.…
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