Covid-19: Pres Biden to reinstate travel bans on most non-US citizens – White House official

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden will announce he is re-imposing a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response. Biden will also on…

Russian Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying ship begins work off Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Russian ship tasked with completing the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has begun work in waters off Denmark, the company said. The pipe-laying vessel “Fortuna”, owned by the Russian company KVT-RUS, had earlier been located, by marine tracing apps, some 28 kilometres south…

Aid groups urge US Pres Biden to remove Yemen’s rebel Houthis from ‘terror’ list

SANA’A, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-two aid groups working in Yemen urged US President Joe Biden to remove the war-torn country’s Houthi rebels from a terror blacklist, saying it could put millions of lives at risk. The Trump administration’s move against the insurgents had come into effect the day before…

Covid-19: US passes 25 million Covid-19 cases – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 25 million Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the United States since the pandemic began, Johns Hopkins University said, just days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The milestone was reached only five days after the US, the world’s wealthiest and hardest-hit nation, recorded…

Plane carrying Brazilian soccer players crashes, killing six

RASILIA, Jan 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six people, including four soccer players and the president of the Brazilian club Palmas, were killed Sunday when the plane in which they were traveling crashed in the state of Tocantins. The Palmas club, which plays in the Brazilian Championship Serie D, reported in a…

Covid-19: Mexico’s president says he’s tested positive for virus; mild condition

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild. Mexico’s president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic, said on his official Twitter account…

Nineteen charred bodies found in drug cartel-infested area near Mexico-US border

CIUDAD VICTORIA (Mexico), Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 19 charred corpses have been discovered in Mexico near the US border in an area where drug cartels often clash, the Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office said. Police on Saturday found two burnt-out vehicles containing human remains on a country road near the…

COVID-19: Venezuela will send oxygen to Manaus every seven days

CARACAS, Jan 24 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced that his country will send oxygen tanks to the Brazilian city Manaus every week. “We are establishing an agreement so that 80,000 more kilos, five gondolas, can arrive every seven days in Manaus (Brazil),” Arreaza said during a…

Update: Chileans receive mistaken tsunami warning following Antarctic quake

SANTIAGO, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica triggered a tsunami warning but panic ensued when a message to abandon coastal areas was sent to a large number of Chileans, some of whom experienced a separate, less dangerous temblor. The shallow Antarctic…

Covid-19: Colombia’s cases top 2 million

A vendor wearing a face mask waits for customers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogota BOGOTA, Jan 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Colombia registered 15,551 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 2,002,969, said the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. The country reported 396 more…
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