Package holidays in Greece, Spain and Turkey soar in price

MADRID, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All-inclusive package holidays have jumped in price for Mediterranean hotspots including Majorca and Crete. The average price of a week with full food and board in Majorca in Spain is up 21%. Prices for Tenerife have risen more than 22%, figures from TravelSupermarket showed. Crete in…

US presidential elections: Pres Biden says ‘Bidenomics’ will restore the American dream

CHICAGO, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden vowed to restore the American dream in a speech promoting his “Bidenomics” policy that he said will deliver a clean break with decades of Republican economic thinking benefiting the rich. “Bidenomics is about the future. Bidenomics is just another way of saying…

Fresh unrest in France as anger simmers over police shooting

PARIS, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unrest erupted in France for a second night in a row as security forces deployed in the thousands to prevent more violent protests over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police. Around 2,000 riot police have been called up in suburbs around Paris, after…

‘Presumed human remains’ discovered in Titan sub wreckage

WASHINGTON, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Experts have recovered presumed human remains from what is left of the Titan sub that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, with the death of five people, the US Coast Guard said. “United States medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed…

Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict: Karabakh separatists say 4 fighters killed by Azerbaijan fire

 YEREVAN (Armenia), June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Armenian separatist fighters were killed Wednesday in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijani fire, rebels said, as Baku and Yerevan held peace talks mediated by the United States. Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a decades-long conflict for control of the mountainous…

South Africa: German FM Baerbock urges South Africa to help end war in Ukraine

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. left, with her South African counterpart Naledi Pandor PRETORIA, June 28 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Germany’s top diplomat is in South Africa to discuss strengthening bilateral ties in fighting climate change, but the war in Ukraine remains a sticking point. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday that…

South Africa: Tornado rips through KwaZulu-Natal; 1 death reported

DURBAN (South Africa), June 28 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — A tornado and heavy downpours caused significant damage in parts of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, reports EWN. One death has been reported. A herdsman in Zwelisha, located northwest of Durban, is presumed dead after being swept away by floods. Security company Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA)…

Chile-bound lorries stranded in the middle of the Andes due to bad weather

BUENOS AIRES, June 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Some 2,000 lorries bound for Chile have been reported to be stranded in the middle of the Andes due to the closure of the Los Libertadores Path despite the road on the Argentine side being clear all the way to the Cristo Redentor tunnel.…

Foreign firefighters come to the rescue in Canada’s wildfires

As of June 27, firefighters were battling 494 blazes throughout the country, more than half of them classified as out-of-control MONTREAL, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of international firefighters who are helping overwhelmed Canadians battle unprecedented wildfires face a complex task in the heart of the boreal forest scorched by…

Muslims in Kenya mark Eid Al Adha on Wednesday

Sir Ali Muslim grounds NAIROBI, June 28 (NNN-KBC) — Muslim faithful Wednesday gathered in various mosques and prayer grounds across the country to mark Eid Al Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice. In Nairobi, Sheikh Jamaludin Osman led hundreds of faithful in the Eid prayers at Sir Ali Muslim grounds in…