US gun violence: Two dead, five injured in latest shooting outside restaurant in Tennessee

MEMPHIS (Tennessee, US), March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two men were killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting outside a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, police said. Police said two people were arrested Thursday after the shooting that authorities said began with an altercation inside Privé restaurant and nightclub. Preliminary…

In Kenya, marriage is ‘men marrying women’ – President rejects LGBTQ+

William Ruto, Kenyan President BERLIN, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan president William Ruto has spoken out about same-sex relationships, stressing that his country will stick strictly to what their customs, traditions and 2010 Constitution says of marriage and relationships.Touting the constitution as one of the most progressive documents for its…

UK strikes: Heathrow strikes to go ahead for 10 days over Easter break

 LONDON, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heathrow airport has said that some passengers may face longer queues to get through security during the Easter holiday period after it was unable to strike a deal with security worker unions over pay. More than 1,400 security officers in the Unite union, who work…

Six bodies recovered from Canadian marsh near US border

 QUEBEC, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six bodies have been recovered from a marsh in Quebec near the Canada-US border, police said Thursday. The bodies were “located during an air search this afternoon with assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard,” the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service posted on Facebook, adding that an…

Peru unrest: Government orders definitive withdrawal of Ambassador to Colombia

LIMA, March 31 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered the definitive withdrawal of Peru’s Ambassador to Colombia, Felix Ricardo Americo Antonio Denegri Boza, due to repeated offensive expressions by Colombian President Gustavo Petro. According to a ministry’s statement, the repeated interfering and offensive expressions persist in distorting reality by disregarding the coup perpetrated by ex-President…

US gun violence: Hundreds rally in Tennessee to demand stricter gun laws after school shooting

NASHVILLE (Tennessee, US), March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people rallied at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville to demand stricter gun regulations on Thursday, in the wake of the latest US school shooting that left six people dead in the city this week. School shootings are strikingly common in…

One in 10 people in France an immigrant: statistics agency

 PARIS, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tenth of people living in France in 2021 were born foreigners, national statistics agency INSEE said, in its first study on immigration in a decade. Almost seven million people, or 10.3 percent of all people in France that year were immigrants, meaning “born a…

Charles III to commemorate victims of Allied bombings in Hamburg

BERLIN, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s King Charles III will commemorate German victims of World War II Allied air raids on Friday, a gesture carrying great significance for both countries. On the third and final day of his first state visit since ascending the throne, the monarch, accompanied by German…

Russian FM to chair UN Security Council meeting

 MOSCOW, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow said its foreign minister will chair a UN Security Council meeting in April, when Russia will hold the rotating presidency of the international body. Russia has repeatedly said it has been confronted at the UN by the “collective West” that has ostracised the country…

Despite US blockade, Venezuela has increased medicine production: VP Rodriguez

CARACAS, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said that her country has strengthened its capacity to produce medicines despite the blockade imposed by the United States. “Venezuela has one of the most complete platforms in South America for medicine production. We could practically produce all the medicines…