UN verifies 18,890 child victims of grave violations in armed conflict in 2022

UNITED NATIONS, June 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations verified 27,180 grave violations against children in armed conflict in 2022, affecting 18,890 children in 24 situations and one regional arrangement it monitored, according to a report released on Tuesday. Of the 27,180 grave violations, 24,300 were committed in 2022 and…

US: 6 dead in a meningitis outbreak tied to Mexico clinics as officials struggle to reach more patients

WASHINGTON, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll has risen to six in an outbreak of fungal meningitis that’s tied to surgical procedures in a city along the US-Mexico border, and health officials say they have not been able to reach everyone who may be at risk of infection. More…

US sanctions gold firms connected to Russian Wagner mercenary group

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group military company WASHINGTON, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US imposed sanctions on four firms and one individual connected to the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenaries that led a brief revolt against the Kremlin last week. The sanctions from Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets…

South Africa’s Pres Ramaphosa to participate in 8th Southern Africa Customs Union Summit

PRETORIA, June 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday attend the 8th Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Heads of State and Government Summit in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The President will lead a delegation comprising Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel; Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform…

South Africa, Germany sign declaration of intent for Green Hydrogen

PRETORIA, June 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck have signed a joint declaration of intent to establish the South African German Hydrogen Task Force. The green hydrogen economy has been billed as a new frontier for clean…

Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US

CHICAGO, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issued an air quality…

Peru: President calls for broadest unit to tackle El Niño phenomenon

LIMA, June 28 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte called for the broadest unit of all levels of government, institutions, the private sector, and organized society to face the threat of a Coastal El Niño phenomenon. The Head of State participates in a meeting at Lima Convention Center to prepare for the occurrence…

Peru: ExpoAmazonica 2023 to connect over 100 regional businesses with the world

LIMA, June 28 (NNN-ANDINA) — Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Mathews on Tuesday highlighted that ExpoAmazonica Tingo Maria 2023 will connect 104 regional businesses with buyers from all over the world. Thus, the above-mentioned trade show will contribute to the development of the Amazon region. “30 buyers from five continents…

US heatwaves: Dangerous heat wave continues baking Texas, expanding in South

HOUSTON,  June 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Triple-digit heat wave is sweeping south central US state of Texas, pushing the state’s power grid to new limits while expanding to other parts of the US South. More than 55 million people in the United States were under some form of heat advisory, watch…

Sudan capital sees heavy fighting on eve of Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday

KHARTOUM, June  28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighting raged in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday, after paramilitaries seized Khartoum’s main police base. Fighting in the city between the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…