Greek wildfires spur anti-migrant sentiment

ATHENS, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Greece was hit by wave after wave of wildfires this week, unfounded claims that asylum-seekers are behind some of them whipped up anti-migrant frenzy online. The speculation intensified after a group of 13 Pakistani and Syrian men were accused by locals of being caught red-handed trying to…

Building collapse in Nigeria’s capital leaves two people dead while many are feared trapped

ABUJA, Aug 25 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Rescue crews were searching for survivors after a building collapse in Nigeria’s capital left two people dead while many others are feared trapped, emergency officials said. The two-story building in the densely populated Garki district of the capital Abuja collapsed during a downpour late Wednesday,…

Mozambique: Army kills two senior rebel leaders in Cabo Delgado

ANTANANARIVO, Aug 25 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Mozambique’s army has killed two senior rebel leaders in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which is in the grip of an armed jihadist insurgency. “Terrorist Abu Kital, who held the position of deputy operations commander for the Al Sunna Wall Jamat terrorist group, was…

UN reopens European headquarters in Geneva after security issue

GENEVA, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations has reopened its European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland after earlier on Friday shutting it due to an unspecified security issue.“Please be informed that the issue at the Palais des Nations has now been solved. All the access points have been reopened,” it…

Niger allows Mali, Burkina Faso to intervene on its territory in case of attack

NIAMEY, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The officers who took power in Niger last month said Thursday they would authorize the armies of neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali intervene in the country “in the event of aggression.” The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso and Mali, Olivia Rouamba and Abdoulaye Diop, visited Niamey on…

Concern in Canada about new outbreak of Covid-19

OTTAWA, Aug 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The increase in hospitalizations due to Covid-19 is raising concern in Canada, where experts consider the most recent statistics as an early sign of a new wave of contagions. Canada’s Public Health Agency reported an 11-percent increase in virus-related admissions to medical facilities last…

Pentagon says nothing to indicate ground missile brought down Prigozhin plane

 WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pentagon said it did not have information supporting theories that a surface-to-air missile was used to shoot down the aircraft of Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin. The US military has “no information to suggest that there was a surface to air missile” involved in…

Cuba promotes vacation trips from the South, expert says

HAVANA, Aug 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuban professor and researcher José Luis Perelló confirmed the country’s tourism strategies, including the promotion of vacation trips from the South American cone. In this regard, the expert said in his Facebook account that consolidating as a preferred destination for Latin American travelers is…

Poland seizes hundreds of kilograms of cocaine

WARSAW, Aug 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Polish security services seized 440 kilograms of cocaine from Latin America in the port of Gdynia, a city in the north of the country. According to Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski, employees of the Maritime Border Guard, in cooperation with the Central Bureau of Investigation…

Storms expected to break record-setting heatwave in Italy

ROME, Aug 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — The scorching heatwave and drought that have gripped much of Italy this summer are set to give way to rain, hail and flood warnings over the weekend. Italy has seen record temperatures in multiple cities this summer, resulting in widespread “red alerts” that signify health…