Teenaged student charged with murder in deadly Guyana school fire

Children injured in a nighttime fire at a boarding school arrive at an airport in Georgetown, Guyana, on May 22 for medical help GEORGETOWN (Guyana), May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A teenage girl has been charged with 19 counts of murder for allegedly starting a deadly fire in a school dormitory in the…

NATO soldiers clash with local Serbs in northern Kosovo, over 50 civilians injured

BELGRADE, May 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Over 50 civilians and more than 40 NATO soldiers were injured in a clash between NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) and Serb protesters in front of the Zvecan municipality building in northern Kosovo on Monday, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. KFOR units were trying to disperse…

Three dead in Austria hospital fire

VIENNA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people died Tuesday in a fire at a hospital just south of Austria’s capital, a spokeswoman said. “The cause of the fire could not yet be determined with certainty,” said the spokeswoman for the hospital in Modling, about 14 kilometres from Vienna. The fire…

German govt says Chancellor Scholz has invited Erdogan to Berlin

BERLIN, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken to the newly re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and invited him to visit Berlin, the government said. Erdogan — Turkiye’s longest-serving leader — won a historic run-off election on Sunday, extending his two-decade rule. “The Chancellor emphasised the…

Brazil: Pres Lula hosts South American leaders’ summit

BRASILIA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting his fellow South American leaders Tuesday for a “retreat” aimed at strengthening ties in a region where left-wing governments are newly back in style. Eleven of the continent’s 12 heads of state are due to attend…

Breached Sudan truce extended five days: US, Saudi mediators

KHARTOUM, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States and Saudi Arabia said late Monday that a humanitarian truce, repeatedly violated by warring sides in Sudan, has been extended by five days.    The mediators “welcome agreement by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to a five-day extension of…

10 people killed in clash with Mexico police

   MEXICO CITY, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A highway gun attack on security forces in northern Mexico left 10 people dead on Monday, authorities said.    “Civil Force personnel were attacked with bullets by subjects who were traveling aboard three armored trucks,” Nuevo Leon Public Security Secretary Gerardo Palacios wrote on…

Uganda president defies global criticism, enacts contentious Anti-Homosexuality Law

KAMPALA, May 30 (NNN-GNA) — Despite international criticism, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed a controversial anti-homosexuality bill into law.The new legislation limits the offence of homosexuality to gay sexual acts, carrying a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.Aggravated offences, such as sexual abuse against minors or disabled individuals, or infecting…

US debt crisis: Race against time for bill in Congress

WASHINGTON, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bill hammered out by US leaders to prevent the country from a catastrophic default on its debts will face one last hurdle this week: Passing Congress. Top Republicans and Democrats scrambled Monday to secure congressional support for the measure, with President Joe Biden feeling…

Senegal police clash with supporters of opposition leader

DAKAR, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegalese youths clashed with security forces in Dakar on Monday near the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who faces a rape trial and was returned to the capital by police at the weekend. Sonko, who came third in presidential polls in 2019 and has…