US gun violence: Multiple people shot at a California’s bikers bar, at least five dead including shooter

California’s historic biker bar where mass shooting took place LOS ANGELES, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were killed and many others were left injured in a mass shooting that took place in California’s historic biker bar. Police stated that the suspected gunman was dead after he was shot at…

Death toll rises to five in Peruvian forest fire

Forest fire in Apurimac, southern Peru LIMA, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — The death toll from the forest fire raging in the southern Peruvian region of Apurimac rose to five following the discovery of two more bodies, authorities said Wednesday. Augusto Maldonado, head of the health insurance network of Aymaraes Province,…

Cuban and Vietnamese political parties sign cooperation accord

 HAVANA, Aug 24 (NNN-ACN) — Representatives from the Ideological Department of Cuba’s Communist Party and the Commission of Propaganda and Education of Vietnam’s Communist Party signed a cooperation accord aimed at strengthening bilateral relations.The signing ceremony on Tuesday took place at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana; the documents were…

Brazil experiencing winter heat wave

SAO PAULO, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil is enduring a heat wave in the middle of the southern hemisphere’s winter, with the metropolis of Sao Paulo close to breaking records for August and for the year 2023. The inhabitants of the largest city in Latin America, with 11.5 million people,…

Rare albino puma cub born in Nicaragua zoo

JUIGALPA (Nicaragua), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A rare specimen of albino puma was born a month ago in a zoo in Nicaragua, where it is still being sheltered from the gaze of visitors, zoo officials said. “We are taking all measures to be able to keep him as healthy as…

Austria: Melting glacier gives up body of long-dead man

The body was found on the Schlatenkees glacier in East Tyrol, Austria VIENNA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A mountain guide found the body of a man believed to have died more than 20 years ago on a glacier in Austria, police announced.The guide discovered the body on Friday on East…

UK crime agency charges Nigeria’s former oil minister with bribery offenses

Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke LONDON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offenses following an investigation by the UK’s National Crime Agency, which alleges she accepted bribes in exchange for multimillion-pound oil and gas contracts while in government.“She is alleged…

Burkinabe army supplying Niger with essentials amid ECOWAS blockade – Report

Trucks with essentials going towards Niger OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 24 (NNN-GNA) — The army in Burkina Faso has been supplying some essentials to neighbouring Niger amid a trade blockade triggered by border closures with its other neighbours.The regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slapped a series of sanctions…

At least 1 person dead and 2 missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic after making landfall in the country’s southern region, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing. The storm began to slowly spin away late Wednesday afternoon from the island of…

South Africa: Chinese donation to aid in load shedding

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (NNN-SANEWS) — At least 500 public facilities around the country are set to benefit from a donation from China which will allow them to have uninterrupted alternative power supply and shield them from the effects of load shedding. The donation includes generators, power supply vehicles and off…