Covid-19: UN chief receives vaccine in New York

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine here on Thursday, according to a report published on the UN official website. The UN chief said on Twitter that he was fortunate and grateful to get the shot, and…

Colombia: Tribunal charges former FARC members with war crimes

BOGOTA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight high-ranking members of Colombia’s now-defunct FARC guerilla movement, including serving politicians, are being charged with war crimes for kidnapping more than 21,000 people during a decades-long civil conflict, a court said. The eight belonged to the secretariat of the FARC, its highest decision-making body,…

US: At least six dead in poultry plant chemical leak near Atlanta

GAINESVILLE (Georgia, US), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A liquid nitrogen leak at a food-processing plant killed at least six people and injured another 11 near the southern US city of Atlanta Thursday, police said. There were “5 fatalities confirmed on the scene” of the leak, police fromGainesville, Georgia told reporters,…

US calls for withdrawal of Russian, Turkish forces from Libya

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United Statescalled for the immediate withdrawal of Russian and Turkish forcesfrom Libya, after a deadline for them to leave was ignored. This appeal marked a firmer expression of US policy toward oil-rich Libyaunder the new administration of President Joe Biden. “We call on…

US freezes giant UAE jet package, Saudi arms for review

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US President Joe Biden’s administration has temporarily frozen for review a massive package of F-35 jets to the United Arab Emirates and arms to Saudi Arabia, officials said. The nearly week-old administration has already signaled it plans to end support for the Saudi-led, UAE-backed offensive…

Netanyahu Says U.S. Suspension Of F-35 Deal With UAE Does Not Affect UAE-Israel Ties

JERUSALEM, Jan 29 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that, the U.S. decision to suspend the sale of F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will not affect Israeli ties with the UAE. “We have passed the point of no return,” Netanyahu said, during a press…

Covid-19: WHO team ends quarantine, starts Wuhan probe under global glare

WUHAN (China), Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday (Jan 28) to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group started a two-week quarantine on arrival on Jan 14 in the central…

Covid-19: Record 18,000 daily toll worldwide

Relatives of a Covid-19 victim pray over a coffin at the General Cemetery in the central city of Huanuco, 370 kilometers northeast of Lima PARIS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 18,000 people worldwide died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, a new grim record amid the battle to…

US racism: San Francisco to remove Lincoln, Washington and other slave-tainted names from 44 schools

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are no longer in favor in San Francisco, where the school board has voted to change the name of 44 schools it says bear the monikers of people associated with racism, slavery or colonization. The move, which has…

Covid-19: Brazil’s response worst, New Zealand’s best – study

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s handling of the coronaviruspandemic has been ranked the world’s worst, while New Zealand topped the class, according to research published by a leading Australian think tank on Thursday. Sydney’s Lowy Institute assessed almost 100 countries on six criteria,including confirmed cases, deaths and testing metrics.…
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