South Africa ready to host BRICS Summit

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 11 (NNN-SANEWS) — It’s all systems go for the 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit, which will be held in Johannesburg later this month. Taking place on Aug 22-24, government has indicated that it has concluded the BRICS outreach programmes for various sectors and…

Seven Romanians arrested for arms possession ahead of European game

 ATHENS, Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven Romanians were arrested on the border between Greece and Bulgaria for weapons possession on Thursday as police continued to probe the fatal stabbing of a Greek football fan, officials said. The Greek fan was stabbed to death on the outskirts of Athens on Tuesday…

Russia tops list of oil exporters to India, China in June: OPEC

MOSCOW, Aug 11 (NNN-TASS) — In June 2023, Russia held on to its spot as the top oil supplier to China and India for the fifth month in a row, according to the August report of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Russia accounted for almost 20% of total…

Forty-One migrants die in shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa

 ROME, Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media. A group of four people who survived the disaster told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from Sfax in Tunisia and sank on…

Millions escape poverty in Mexico as incomes rise

 MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Millions of people have escaped poverty in recent years in Mexico, helped by rising incomes in Latin America’s second-largest economy, official figures showed. The number of people living in poverty fell by 8.9 million, to 46.8 million, between 2020 and 2022, the National Council…

UK strikes: Doctors in England stage fresh strike over pay

LONDON, Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hospital doctors in England on Friday launched a new walkout in a dispute with the government over pay in the latest strike action to hit the UK’s state-funded National Health Service. The four-day strike by junior doctors comes amid record patient waiting times due to…

Russia launches first Moon mission in nearly 50 years

MOSCOW, Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years on Friday, a mission designed to give fresh impetus to its space sector, which has been struggling for years and become isolated by the conflict in Ukraine. The launch of the Luna-25 probe…

Four dead in DR Congo school collapse

 BUKAVU (DR Congo), Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least four people were killed Thursday when a school under construction in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo collapsed, local authorities said. Mayor Patience Bengheya of the Bagira district of Bukavu, a main city in the country’s east, said a prefect, the primary…

Update: Hawaii fire death toll hits 53, expected to rise higher

 KAHULUI (Hawaii, United States), Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a terrifying wildfire that razed a historic Hawaiian town hit 53 Thursday, making it one of the deadliest disasters to strike the islands since they became a US state. Brushfires on the west coast of Hawaii’s Maui island…

Afro-Peruvian activist honored by US State Secretary

WASHINGTON (US), Aug 11 (NNN-ANDINA) — Afro-Peruvian citizen and activist Oswaldo Bilbao Lobaton was honored in the United States at the 2023 Secretary’s Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions event held in Washington, D.C. The recognition was awarded by the Chief of U.S. diplomacy, Antony Blinken. Thus, the official gave the first annual Secretary’s Global Anti-Racism Champions Awards.…