US hero of Bosnia war named to the Pentagon

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US former fighter pilot whose plane was shot down over Bosnia in 1995 and who survived six days without being captured was appointed to a senior Department of Defense position, the Pentagon said. Scott O’Grady, 55, was named to be an Assistant Secretary of…

Pres Trump administration in rush to sell oil rights in Alaska nature refuge

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The administration of US President Donald Trump is rushing to sell rights to companies to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s nature reserve before he leaves office.The Interior Department posted a “call for nominations,” to be published on Tuesday, allowing oil and gas firms…

Barbados removes Nelson statue in break with colonial past

British Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson BRIDGETOWN, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Barbados removed the statue of British Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson from the capital Bridgetown’s main square, two months after announcing plans to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and move on from its colonial past.The bronze statue…

Hurricane Iota tears through Central America after Nicaragua landfall

BILWI (Nicaragua), Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hurricane Iota was barreling through Central America on Tuesday, hours after making landfall as the strongest Atlantic storm this year along a stretch of Nicaraguan coast devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. Authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from coastal…

Covid-19: Global cases surpass 55 mln, WHO “extremely concerned”

GENEVA, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Global COVID-19 cases topped 55 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it was “extremely concerned” by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in some countries, particularly in Europe…

Pentagon Confirms Troops Drawdown Plan In Afghanistan, Iraq

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Pentagon, yesterday confirmed that U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq will be reduced to 2,500 level, by mid-Jan, 2021. “By Jan 15, 2021, our force size in Afghanistan will be 2,500 troops, our force size in Iraq will also be 2,500 by that same…

Putin Praises BRICS Cooperation On International Issues

MOSCOW, Nov 18 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, yesterday, praised the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — for their close coordination on international and regional issues. “The BRICS are strengthening cooperation to combat terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption,” Putin said, during the 12th BRICS…

Covid-19: Strict new limits imposed coast to coast in US as pandemic surge continues

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The city of Philadelphia and several large U.S. states announced strict new limits on social gatherings and commercial activity to tamp down a coronavirus surge threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems and claim thousands more lives in the weeks ahead.New Jersey, California, Ohio and Pennsylvania’s largest…

Congress chooses centrist Francisco Sagasti new Peru president: official

LIMA, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s Congress on Monday chose a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country’s new president, the third in a week. Francisco Sagasti was elected as lawmakers met to try to find a way out of a political crisis, sparked by the impeachment…

Covid-19: Number of cases across globe up by over 528,000 in past day – WHO

GENEVA, Nov 17 (NNN-TASS) — More than 528,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 54.3 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin. As of Nov 16, as many as 54,301,156…
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