Over 10,000 Tanzanian Villages Connected To Electricity

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 13 (NNN-IRIN) – Tanzanian Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said yesterday, 10,361 villages out of the country’s 12,317 villages, have been connected to electricity by Oct, 2021. Adjourning a two-week parliamentary session in the capital, Dodoma, Majaliwa said, the number of villages connected to electricity was equivalent…

Two Russian Paratroopers Die In Exercise In Belarus

MINSK, Nov 13 (NNN-TASS) – Two Russian paratroopers, who participated in the exercise in Belarus, died, Belarusian media reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defence. Their parachutes failed to function properly, “due to a sudden strong gust of wind” during their jumps, said the report. They were taken to the…

UNESCO Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary

PARIS, Nov 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Some 28 heads of state and government, gathered in Paris last night, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). In his video message, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, praised the role of UNESCO in promoting dialogue and mutual…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 34,426,036

NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,426,036 today, as 11,850 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 555 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning took the total death toll to…

Rising Inflation Pressures Will Prompt U.S. Fed To Raise Interest Rates In 2022: Report

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will be forced to start raising interest rates in 2022, as inflation pressures will remain elevated over the next two years, according to a report released by the Economics Group of Wells Fargo Securities. “With inflation likely to remain hot for…

Seven Killed, Five Injured In Burkina Faso Ambush

OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 13 (NNN-IRIN) – Seven police officers were killed and five others injured, in an ambush by gunmen yesterday, in the Sahel region in Burkina Faso, the police said in the capital, Ouagadougou. According to a police statement, the ambush targeted a squad of the Republic’s security companies officers…

Boat Carrying 61 Migrants Leaves Cyprus Without Permit, Heads For Italy

NICOSIA, Nov 13 (NNN-AMNA) – A small boat carrying 61 migrants from Syria and Lebanon, including 28 children, was reportedly sailing towards Italy yesterday, after it slipped out of a port in Cyprus, under the cover of darkness, a Cyprus police spokesman said here yesterday. The boat, carrying 22 men,…

UN Climate Conference To Continue Into This Afternoon: COP26 President

GLASGOW, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Alok Sharma, president of the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, said yesterday that, he expected the negotiations for a deal will continue into this (Saturday) afternoon. “I envisage formal plenary meetings in the afternoon to adopt decisions and close the session…

Thailand Takes Over APEC Chairmanship From New Zealand

BANGKOK, Nov 13 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand, yesterday, took over the rotating chairmanship of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) from New Zealand, declaring the theme for 2022 APEC as “Open. Connect. Balance.” During the handover of the APEC chairmanship, New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said that, the 2021 theme of…

Afghan Acting FM Questions Double Standards Of The West During Pakistan Visit

ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, yesterday questioned the double standards of the West, saying that, all donations and aid from the West to Afghanistan stopped, when the Afghan people needed them the most. “There are around 3,100 clinics, operational clinics, and healthcare centres…