US gun violence: A woman is dead, 6 others injured during Chicago memorial gathering shooting

CHICAGO, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman is dead, and six others are injured after a memorial gathering in Chicago turned into a deadly shooting overnight, according to police. The seven people were shot after a large group gathered on the 4800 block of W. Iowa Street to celebrate the life…

Gunmen kill five, including policeman, in Ecuador city hit by drug violence; 8 wounded

 QUITO, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight Sunday in a home in the Ecuadoran city of Guayaquil, hard hit by violence linked to drug trafficking. One of the fatalities was a policeman shot in the head, said police colonel Fabary Montalvo. Witnesses said…

Seven schoolgirls drown as boat capsizes in Guinea

 CONAKRY, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least seven Guinean schoolgirls drowned Sunday after an overloaded pirogue — a long wooden vessel — they were travelling in capsized, the education minister said. The girls were crossing the Niger river in the northeast of Guinea in West Africa to take high school…

Mexico’s most populous state votes in prelude to presidential election

 MEXICO CITY, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Millions of Mexicans voted Sunday in the country’s most populous state, with the ruling left-wing Morena movement hoping to seize the last major bastion of the once-dominant PRI party, one year ahead of presidential elections. A total of 12.6 million people were eligible to…

Britain, Brazil mark anniversary of Amazon double murder

 RIO DE JANEIRO, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Loved ones and admirers are holding international commemorations Monday for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who were murdered a year ago while documenting environmental crimes in the Amazon rainforest. In a case that drew world outcry, Phillips and…

French government deploys police to face protest against reform

PARIS, June 5 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced that 11,000 policemen and gendarmes will be deployed on Tuesday in a new national mobilization of the unions against the already promulgated retirement reform.     In his Twitter account, the official specified that 4,000 of the uniformed…

Poland protest: Hundreds of thousands demand change in Warsaw

WARSAW, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in Warsaw for one of Poland’s largest demonstrators since the fall of communism in 1989. Most opposition parties have called on supporters to join the march against the nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS), led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski.…

Kenya: Finance Bill 2023 is people-centric, President Ruto says

NAIROBI, June 5 (NNN-KBC) — President William Ruto has urged MPs to support the Finance Bill 2023 as it seeks to address challenges facing ordinary Kenyans. The President further noted that the Bill will stimulate the economy, create jobs and boost earnings. He asked MPs not to bow to pressure…

Nigeria: 30 killed in armed attacks on villages in Sokoto state

LAGOS, June 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 30 people were killed in attacks by armed men on several villages in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, police said. Police in Sokoto said the people killed belonged to a vigilante group in the Tangaza local government area. Prior to the Saturday attacks,…

Algeria extends oil output cut in line with OPEC+ decision

ALGIERS, June 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — Algeria will maintain the current reduction of 48,000 barrels per day in oil production until late December 2024, said the Ministry of Energy and Mines on Sunday. This decision comes as part of the country’s collaboration with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and…