UK: London’s Gatwick airport scraps 160 flights over Covid outbreak among air traffic controllers

Flights will be limited to 800 per day, departures and arrivals, until Oct 1, says Gatwick airport LONDON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — London’s Gatwick airport said that it had been forced to cancel more than 160 flights between now and Sunday due to an exceptional shortage of controllers, partly caused…

Updates: Thousands ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh enclave as Azerbaijan, Armenia envoys to meet

YEREVAN/BAKU, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Envoys from Baku and Yerevan prepared to meet in Brussels for talks on Tuesday as thousands of refugees fled Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s lightning takeover of the majority ethnic Armenian enclave. Last week, an offensive by Baku’s forces established Azerbaijani control over the breakaway region, forcing…

Venezuelan Pres Maduro says ready to meet with Guyana leader on border dispute

CARACAS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for direct talks with his Guyanese counterpart to resolve mounting tensions between the two South American neighbors over a disputed border region rich in oil. “There is only one solution here and that is to resume dialogue, face to face,…

Hundreds of Sikh Canadians protest against India

TORONTO, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Sikh protesters rallied outside Indian diplomatic missions in Canada on Monday, trampling pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and burning flags a week after Ottawa said New Delhi had played a role in the killing of a prominent Sikh activist. “We are not…

Zambia Ex-President Edgar Lungu banned from ‘political’ jogging

Ex-President Edgar Lungu’s weekly jogs have been attracting the attention of curious onlookers  LUSAKA, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has been warned against jogging in public, as police describe his weekly workouts as “political activism”. His Saturday runs with ordinary members of the public and supporters…

Six dead, 13 missing after Guatemalan river sweeps away homes

GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two children and four adults were found dead Monday after a river swollen by heavy rains swept away shacks built on its banks in the Guatemalan capital, authorities said. Thirteen people, including eight children, were still missing after the river tore through the Dios…

UK cost-of-living crisis set to increase early deaths: study

LONDON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK’s inflation-fuelled cost-of-living crisis is set to “cut lives short” and “significantly widen the wealth-health gap”, according to a study published by open access journal BMJ Public Healthon Monday. Modelling conducted for the study predicted that the proportion of people “dying before their time”…

Multi-million investments confirm industrialization of Bolivia

LA PAZ, Sept 26 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — An investment of over 25 billion bolivianos (roughly three billion dollars) into productive complexes reaffirm Bolivia’s progress towards a broad-based economy, according to President Luis Arce. “We are experiencing the structural change that we longed for, towards a productive and industrialized Bolivia; we…

Second tripartite round on Ethiopian dam ends without any details

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 26 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The second round of tripartite negotiations on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) concluded without further details after an exchange of constructive ideas with a view to settling differences. This was revealed by the head of the Ethiopian negotiating team, Seleshi Bekele, who…

Benin’s acts following fuel depot fire deaths

COTONOU, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Beninese government has ordered an assessment of all fuel storage facilities after a fatal explosion killed dozens of people over the weekend. At least 34 people were killed on Saturday after an explosion at a fuel depot in southern Benin. A video of the…