US migrants: Three-year-old child on migrant bus dies en route from Texas to Chicago

HOUSTON (Texas, US), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A three-year-old child died while travelling on a migrant bus from Texas to Chicago, authorities announced.  Officials did not release information pertaining to the cause of death or identity of the child.  “Every loss of life is a tragedy,” the Texas Division of Emergency Management…

US house explosion in Pennsylvania: 4 dead, 1 unaccounted for, 3 homes destroyed, 12 others damaged

PLUM (Pennsylvania, US), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people are dead and one is still unaccounted for after a house explosion in Plum, Pennsylvania, local emergency officials said Saturday night. The names of the people who died have not yet been released. The cause of the blast remains under investigation.…

France: Three killed in building fire in French Riviera city; 17 injured one serious

 NICE (France), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people died in a fire that erupted early Sunday in a residential building in the French Riviera city of Grasse, firefighters said. One other person was seriously injured and 16 others had lighter injuries, they said, adding that the fire has now been…

Cuba: A second life for seaside swimming pools, formerly built by wealthy families

HAVANA, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — When summer temperatures start to sizzle in Havana, in-the-know locals head not to the beach but to seaside pools built by wealthy Cuban families in the first half of the last century. Now abandoned and filled with seawater, the pools that survived the 1959 revolution…

Russia evacuates 2,000 in Far East over floods

MOSCOW, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has evacuated more than 2,000 people from flooded areas in its Far East, emergency officials said Sunday, after Tropical Storm Khanun brought heavy rains to the region. “More than 2,000 people, including 405 children, have been evacuated in Primorye,” the Russian emergency situations ministry…

Sudan crisis: Sudanese start small businesses to survive war

WAD MADANI (Sudan), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s war has left university lecturer Ali Seif without pay for months. To make ends meet, he has turned to making soap in his room at a makeshift displacement camp. Out of work as fighting rages between the forces of rival generals, many…

South Africa: Government to close illegal open shafts, mine holes throughout the country

PRETORIA, Aug 13 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has committed to closing all derelict open shafts and mine holes in Riverlea by the end of September 2023, while finalising plans to do the same across the country. This is due to the illicit activities…

South Africa: Providing water a top priority for government – Pres Ramaphosa

CAPE TOWN, Aug 13 (NNN-SANEWS) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured local communities in Tsomo in the Chris Hani District Municipality that providing water to communities is government’s priority. “Izimbizo are meant for government to listen to communities, whether you have a complaint, you have an opportunity here,”…

Update: Gang boss who threatened slain Ecuador candidate transferred to max security – Pres Lasso

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador transferred a powerful gang leader, accused of threatening a presidential candidate before he was slain, to a maximum security prison via a massive military and police operation on Saturday, officials said. At dawn some 4,000 heavily armed agents entered Prison 8 in Guayaquil…

Land dispute: 14 killed in attack on southwestern DR Congo village

BANDUNDU (DR Congo), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 14 people have been killed in an attack on a village in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo near the Angolan border, authorities said on Saturday. Kwango provincial government spokesman Adelard Nkisi said the victims in Ipongi were killed by bullets and…