US violence: Family of police beating victim sues officers over death

WASHINGTON, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The family of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after being violently beaten by Memphis police officers, has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against police in the US city, lawyers for his family said Wednesday. Nichols’ January battering, captured on camera, sparked protests across the…

Cuban President Diaz-Canel to tackle ‘inefficiencies’ after reelection

HAVANA, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel vowed to “resolve inefficiencies” after clinching a second five-year term on Wednesday in a parliamentary vote for which he was the sole candidate in a country where political opposition is illegal. Diaz-Canel’s bid was confirmed with 459 of the 462 legislators…

24 killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso: security sources

OUAGADOUGOU, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 24 people including civilian defence volunteers were killed Tuesday in two attacks by suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said Wednesday. The deadliest attack took place in a village in Bittou, near the Togolese and Ghanaian borders, according to one…

Brazil security chief resigns after leaked video of rampage

BRASILIA, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of Brazil’s top national security officials resigned on Wednesday after the disclosure of videos of him at the scene of the Jan 8 attacks on the capital Brasilia. General Marco Edson Goncalves Dias, head of the Institutional Security Bureau (GSI), submitted his resignation after…

US gun violence: Two Texas cheerleaders shot after one tried to enter wrong car

WASHINGTON, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two cheerleaders were shot in a Texas parking lot after one mistakenly tried to enter the wrong car, part of a spate of similar incidents this week in the United States. The gunman fired multiple shots at the young women, seriously wounding one, police reported.…

67 million children missed out on vaccines because of Covid: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said. “More than a decade of hard-earned gains in routine childhood immunization have been…

Yemen stampede during charity distribution kills 85

SANAA, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen on Thursday, Houthi officials said, one of the deadliest stampedes in a decade. The latest tragedy to strike the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country came days…

Peru: Annual trade surplus reached US$8.651 billion in February 2023

LIMA, April 20 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s trade balance accumulated a surplus of US$8.651 billion in the last twelve months as of February 2023, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reported. In monthly terms, the trade balance surplus totaled US$866 million in February.Exports totaled US$4.701 billion in February, down 18% compared to the same…

Peru: Agricultural exports totaled US$1.729 billion in Jan-Feb this year

LIMA, April 20 (NNN-ANDINA) — Agricultural exports totaled US$1.729 billion in the first two months of the year (January-February), up 0.8% compared to the same period in 2022, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported. In this case, Midagri explained that exports of traditional products represented 5.4% of the total, while non-traditional exports accounted…

US gun violence: Teenagers charged with murder over shooting in Dadeville, Alabama

DADEVILLE (Alabama, US), April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two teenage boys have been charged with murder after the shooting at a 16th birthday party in Alabama that killed four and injured 32 over the weekend. Brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, were arrested on Tuesday night, police said.…