South Africa Election Turnout To Exceed 2019

JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (NNN-BUANEWS) – With long snaking queues still seen outside many voting stations across South Africa late last night, the country’s electoral management agency said, the turnout in this year’s general election is expected to exceed the previous one in 2019. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South…

Slovak Gov’t Says PM Fico’s Condition Satisfactory

BRATISLAVA, May 30 (NNN-SNA) – Slovakia’s Prime Minister, Robert Fico, is recovering from gunshots and his condition is satisfactory, the Government Office said, yesterday. Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Robert Kalinak, also confirmed that Fico’s condition is improving satisfactorily. “The patient is beginning to reach a stage when…

Global Charities Launch Awareness Campaign To Protect Cheetahs In Somalia

MOGADISHU, May 30 (NNN-IRIN) – Two international conservation charities have joined forces, to launch an awareness campaign in Somaliland, northern Somalia, to educate the public about the critical issue of wildlife trafficking, with a specific focus on the cheetahs of the Horn of Africa. The campaign, organised by the Cheetah…

Greece, Qatar Pledged Stronger Cooperation On Economy

ATHENS, May 30 (NNN-AMNA) – Greece and Qatar, yesterday, pledged to strengthen cooperation in many sectors, with emphasis on the economic front, reported Greek national broadcaster ERT. “I think this visit is really an opportunity to look at how we can further strengthen our relationship, especially in the economic front,”…

No Indication Israel Will Open Rafah Crossing Soon: Palestine’s Health Minister

GENEVA, May 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — There is no indication that Israel will open the Rafah crossing soon, Palestine’s health minister, Majed Abu Ramadan, said here yesterday. “This is totally in the hands of the Israelis,” Abu Ramadan told a press briefing in Geneva. Israel launched a ground assault on Rafah…

Truck Rollover In DRC’s South Kivu Killed Six, Injured 85

KINSHASA, May 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least six people were killed and 85 others injured, after a truck rollover yesterday, in South Kivu, a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local media reported. The accident occurred about two km from the airport of Kavumu, on the…

Second Day Of Special Voting Wraps Up In South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (NNN-BUANEWS) – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa, expressed satisfaction with the progress of special voting on its second day, with 937,144 voters processed by yesterday afternoon. Briefing the media last night, IEC Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo, said, the number of special voters was…

Vietnam’s Trade Surplus Reaches 8.01 Billion USD In Five Months

HANOI, May 29 (NNNVNA) – Vietnam saw a trade surplus of 8.01 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months of this year, according to the country’s General Statistics Office, today. The office reported that, during the cited period, the total import-export turnover of goods hit 305.53 billion dollars, up…

Update: 32 Killed As Cyclone Remal Wreaks Havoc In India

NEW DELHI, May 29 (NNN-PTI) – Storms and rainfall-induced landslides triggered in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, killed at least 32 people and injured many others across India’s West Bengal and four north-eastern states, officials said yesterday. The death toll in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, in the aftermath…

600 Looted Artefacts Worth 65 Million Dollars Returned To Italy From U.S.

ROME, May 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – About 600 looted artefacts and antiquities, worth an estimated 60 million euros (65 million U.S. dollars) were returned to Italy from the United States, Italian police said, yesterday. All the artefacts had been stolen and brought to the United States at various stages in the…