US gun violence: 1 student dead, another arrested after shooting at Louisiana high school

GREENSBURG (Louisiana, US), Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A student is dead and another is in custody after a shooting Tuesday at a high school in Louisiana, authorities said. The St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets it happened around 3 p.m. at St. Helena College & Career Academy in…

Austria: Rhino kills woman zookeeper, seriously injures another in Salzburg

SALZBURG (Austria), Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A rhinoceros attacked and killed one zookeeper and severely injured another in its enclosure in the Austrian city of Salzburg, authorities said. The deadly attack occurred in the early morning hours, when a keeper was carrying out routine tasks in the Salzburg Zoo’s rhino…

Romania builds air-raid shelters near Ukraine border hit by drone fragments

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Finance Minister starts European tour to promote investment in Peru

MADRID, Sept 13 (NNN-ANDINA) — Economy and Finance Minister Alex Contreras on Tuesday began, in Spain, a program of activities including his participation in various forums and meetings with the aim of promoting investments and creating closer ties of cooperation with European countries. “The first meeting in Spain was held today, with…

APEC approves US$1.7 million funding for 14 projects in Peru

LIMA, Sept 13 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum has approved the financing of 14 multilateral cooperation projects presented by Peru at the Committee on Trade and Investment and its working groups, ahead of the Peruvian presidency of APEC in 2024. Among the principal…

North Korea’s Kim in Russia for Putin talks as US warns on arms deal

MOSCOW, Sept  13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that the United States has warned could see an arms deal to support Moscow’s assault on Ukraine. Making a rare foreign trip and his first since…

Thousands are feared dead and thousands more are missing in flood-ravaged eastern Libya

TRIPOLI, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighborhoods of the city. The startling death and devastation wreaked by…

Red Cross appeals for over $100 mn to help quake-hit Morocco

GENEVA, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Red Cross appealed for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 2,900 people. “We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs ($112 million) to be able to deliver on the most pressing needs at this time,” Caroline…

DID YOU KNOW? Tanzania has same National Anthem as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 12 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — NOT many countries in the world get to share the distinction of having the same national anthem as two other countries, but Tanzania is one of them. The anthem in question, “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” (“God Bless Africa”), was a Xhosa anthem, a pan-African…

Russians, American cosmonauts will break record for time spent on ISS

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin will break the record for the total time they have spent in the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced. According to the space agency, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who has spent 355 days,…