UK on course for ‘more frequent’ heatwaves: Met Office

LONDON, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The extreme heat experienced by the UK in 2022 will become more frequent and intense because of climate change, Britain’s Meteorological Office warned in a new study released Thursday. The country crossed the 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) threshold last year for the first time…

Cameroon: Death toll from building collapse rises to 40

YAOUNDE, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a building collapse in Cameroon’s business hub Douala has risen to 40, the regional governor said Wednesday, meaning three more bodies have been recovered. The four-storey block of flats collapsed onto another residential building in the north of the city overnight…

Canada: PM Trudeau reshuffles cabinet with eye on 2025 elections

MONTREAL, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major cabinet overhaul on Wednesday with the stated goal of strengthening his economic team ahead of upcoming legislative elections. Weakened in the polls, the man who has led a minority Liberal government since 2021 changed more than two-thirds…

US urges African leaders to confront Russian Pres Putin on grain disruptions

WELLINGTON, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday pressed African leaders attending a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to demand answers about a grain crisis that has propelled poorer nations towards crisis. Speaking ahead of a Russia-Africa sitdown in Putin’s hometown of Saint Petersburg, Blinken…

US: 12 people, including 9 civilians and 3 firefighters, suffer injuries after New York City crane collapse

NEW YORK, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twelve people, including nine civilians and three firefighters, all suffered non-life threatening injuries after a crane collapse in New York City Wednesday, the Fire Department of New York said. All the injured were transported to local hospitals, according to the FDNY. One of the…

Niger coup d’tat: Soldiers claim to have overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum

Niger army spokesman Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane speaks during an appearance on national television NIAMEY, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soldiers in Niger claimed to have removed President Mohamed Bazoum from power late on Wednesday, hours after members of the presidential guard detained the politician at his official residence. In a statement broadcast on…

South Africa’s Minister Pandor outlines key elements ahead of 2nd Russia-Africa Summit

ST. PETERSBURG (Russia), July 27 (NNN-SANEWS) –– A number of key elements in areas of collaboration, including digital innovation, space science, as well as strengthening people-to-people exchange will form part of the subjects to be discussed at the second Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg.   The summit (July 27-28), which aims…

Deadly Mediterranean wildfires kill more than 40

 ROME, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 40 people have died – most of them in Algeria – in the Mediterranean wildfires threatening villages and holiday resorts, and thousands have been evacuated. Greece is preparing for more evacuation flights from Rhodes, as fires also rage on the islands of Corfu…

Ghana Parliament votes to abolish death penalty

 ACCRA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, joining a long list of African countries that have done so in recent years. The country currently has 170 men and six women on death row, whose sentences will now be replaced by life imprisonment. The…

Peru: Finance Min rules out economic recession

LIMA, July 27 (NNN-ANDINA) — Economy and Finance Minister Alex Contreras on Wednesday ruled out that Peru’s economy may have entered a recession. Within this framework, the Cabinet member affirmed that a large part of the Con Punche Peru (Peru with Strength) plan measures will be implemented during the second half of the current…