Mexican Pres AMLO down with Covid-19 for 3rd time

MEXICO CITY, April 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Mexico’s 69-year-old President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Sunday announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 for the third time in his life and was therefore returning to the Federal District (DF) to remain in isolation. All his engagements have been canceled until further…

Japan rolls out red carpet for Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

TOKYO, April 25 (NNN-BSS) – A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tokyo Tuesday afternoon on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. A special chartered VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister…

US gun violence: 9 injured at after-prom party shooting in Texas

HOUSTON, April 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — Nine teenagers were injured in a shooting at an after-prom party over the weekend in Jasper, south-central US state Texas, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, police officers responded to the gunfire at a residence about 130 miles…

Bosnia’s president pays official visit to Cuba

HAVANA, April 25 (NNN-ACN) — Željka Cvijanović, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, arrived Monday in Cuba for an official visit that will last until April 26.The Bosnian head of state will hold talks with local authorities and carry out other activities of interest, informed the Cuban foreign ministry.Cvijanović received earlier…

Companies with foreign investment in Cuban domestic trade ministry to start operations

 HAVANA, April 25 (NNN-ACN) — As part of the new measures for the revitalization of domestic trade in Cuba, it is planned to start this year the operation of the Joint Enterprise Gran Ferretero S.A., to install a hardware store to satisfy the demands of the domestic market.According to information…

Bangladesh: Newly-elected President Sahabuddin receives first ceremonial salute at Bangabhaban

DHAKA, April 25 (NNN-BSS) — Newly-elected President Mohammed Sahabuddin received the first ceremonial salute at the south-western part of the Credential Ground of the Bangabhaban here Tuesday. The Head of the State inspected his first Guard of Honour at Bangabhaban after taking oath. As the President attended his first office…

Senior military-linked election official shot dead in Myanmar

Women hold torches as they protest against the military coup in Yangon YANGON, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The deputy head of Myanmar’s military-appointed election commission has been shot dead in the country’s commercial capital Yangon by rebels, authorities said, the latest killing of a high-profile individual linked to the country’s…

Hundreds protest against Arab rapprochement with Syria’s Pres al-Assad

The biggest demonstration took place on Sunday in Idlib DAMASCUS, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of several cities in northwestern Syria to protest against warming ties between some Arab countries and President Bashar al-Assad.The biggest demonstration took place on Sunday in Idlib, a…

Japan approves first abortion pill, decades after other countries

Women’s Day march in Tokyo, Japan TOKYO, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available.The ministry’s pharmaceutical board granted approval on Friday to the MeFeego…

Update: Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58, police say

Forensic experts and homicide detectives carry the bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult NAIROBI, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan police have recovered 58 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to…