US Pres Trump in winter: eight days of golf, tweets and rage

WEST PALM BEACH (Florida, US), Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump wound up his vacation at his Florida resort, isolated,angry and with his power slipping away. Two months after losing the US presidential election to Joe Biden, the 74-year-old Trump is still refusing to admit his defeat. He spent…

US gun violence: Demonstrators march on Chicago after bloody 2020

CHICAGO, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Demonstrators marched through the frigid streets of Chicago Thursday in memory of victims of gun violence, which rose dramatically in the third-largest US city in 2020. Police in the Windy City recorded 762 homicides in 2020, up 55 percent from 2019, according to a Dec…

Covid-19: Brazil rings in 2021 with nearly empty Copacabana beach

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil rang in the New Year withRio de Janeiro’s famed Copacabana beach nearly empty — the usual swarms of revelers kept away by police because of the pandemic — and pot-banging protests against President Jair Bolsonaro. Rio usually hosts one of the world’s…

US: Pres-elect Biden announces additional nominations for Pentagon posts

Joe Biden, US president-elect WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden announced additional nominations to fill the posts in the Department of Defense, days after he blamed current Pentagon officials for obstructing the presidential transition.The Biden transition team announced on its website that Kathleen Hicks has been nominated…

US racism: Boston removes statue of Lincoln with freed Black man on his knees after 141 years

The controversial statue depicts Abraham Lincoln with a freed Black man kneeling before him BOSTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Boston Art Commission unanimously voted to take down a contentious emancipation statue depicting former US president Abraham Lincoln with a freed Black man kneeling before him.The statue, which was installed…

Covid-19: UK approves lower-cost vaccine as pandemic surges globally

LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain became the first nation to approve a lower-cost vaccine partially developed by Oxford University as the Covid-19 pandemic raged worldwide. New Year’s Eve marks one year since the World Health Organization first mentioned a mysterious pneumonia in China later identified as Covid-19, which went…

US imposes new tariffs on French, German products in Airbus-Boeing spat

WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced that it will impose additional tariffs on French and German products as part of a long-running dispute over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing. The tariffs are on “aircraft manufacturing parts from France and Germany, certain non-sparkling wine from France…

World begins ushering in locked-down New Year

SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world began ushering in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020. After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection…

Syria Urges UN To Stop Israeli Attacks

DAMASCUS, Dec 31 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, urged the United Nations Security Council, to take firm and immediate measures, to stop Israeli aggression on Syria. In a statement, the ministry said, the Israeli attacks are the result of the “unlimited” support by the United States and some…

Cuban migrants protest at Mexico border, seeking entry to US

CIUDAD JUAREZ (Mexico), Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Cubans protested at the US border in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday night, demanding they be allowed to cross and claim asylum in the United States. US authorities, including police in anti-riot gear, closed off the bridge…
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