Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
HOUSTON, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago…
South Africa: President Ramaphosa calls for greater economic empowerment of women
TZANEEN (Limpopo, South Africa), Aug 10 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to accelerate efforts to empower…
US gun violence: 3 wounded in New York City’s Times Square shooting
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were wounded during a shooting at New York City’s iconic Times Square,…
Russia: 16 injured in gas-air explosion
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — A gas-air mixture explosion rocked a brick building in the Sterlitamak city of Russia’s Bashkortostan…
$100 million fraud: Three Ghanaians extradited to US by FBI
The alleged scheme involved tricking victims and businesses to send large sums of money WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (NNN-GNA) — The…
Greece wildfires: Firefighters battle blaze near Athens for second day
ATHENS, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of firefighters on Saturday battled for a second day a large wildfire near Athens…
Niger announces nationalisation of its only gold mine
NIAMEY, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing…
Sudan crisis: Volunteers help families give Khartoum war dead proper burials
KHARTOUM, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In Sudan’s war-scarred capital Khartoum, Red Crescent volunteers have begun the grisly task of exhuming…
UK arrests 280 migrants in crackdown on illegal delivery riders
British authorities arrested almost one in five people they checked in a week-long crackdown on migrants working illegally as delivery…
US: New York declares total war on prolific rat population
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near-ubiquitous rats…