Africa CDC sends experts to Tanzania to combat Marburg virus outbreak

ADDIS ABABA, March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Wednesday announced that an expert team would be dispatched to Tanzania to help respond to a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak. The announcement came after the Tanzania Ministry of Health declared Monday the…

US: 6 dead after highway work zone car crash in Maryland state

BALTIMORE (Maryland, US), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were killed after a car crashed into a work zone on I-695 in Baltimore County on Wednesday afternoon, Maryland State Police confirmed.  According to Maryland State Police, the driver of a grey Acura, identified as Adrienna Lea, 54, of Randallstown, tried…

UNHCR calls for urgent support amid influx of Somali refugees into Ethiopia

Many of the newly arrived Somali refugees ADDIS ABABA, March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called for urgent support amid the recent influx of Somali refugees into Ethiopia. The UNHCR, in its inter-agency refugee response plan and emergency appeal issued Wednesday, said the security…

ICC rejects ‘threats’ after Putin arrest warrant

THE HAGUE, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The legislative body of the International Criminal Court said it regretted “threats” against the tribunal over its war crimes arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.    Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev reportedly talked about targeting The Hague with a hypersonic missile as a reprisal…

French reforms: Pres Macron refuses to give way as pension protests escalate

PARIS, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron has given a defiant defence of his decision to force through a rise in the pension age, in the face of protests across France and two no-confidence votes. “This reform isn’t a luxury, it’s not a pleasure, it’s a necessity,” he said.…

Immigration fuels Canada’s largest population growth of over 1 million

 OTTAWA, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada’s population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government has said. The country’s population increased from 38,516,138 to 39,566,248 people, Statistics Canada said. It also marked Canada’s highest annual population growth rate – 2.7% – since 1957.…

Update: Tornado hits southern California as wild weather continues

LOS ANGELES, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tornado tore through a southern California city Wednesday, ripping roofs off buildings and throwing cars around, as the state’s ongoing winter weather drama turned even wilder. A swirling mass of wind — of the kind usually seen in the Midwest — raked the…

US: Storm kills 5 people in San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — Five people died from storm-related incidents in the U.S. San Francisco Bay Area as of Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said. Two San Francisco residents died from injuries in separate incidents related to downed trees Tuesday afternoon, city officials said. Three other people died from…

Cuba will soon have its Vaccine against Dengue Fever

HAVANA, March 23 (NNN-ACN) — Cuba will sooner than later have its own vaccine against Dengue Fever, said president Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party.On his Twitter account, the head of state shared information about a candidate vaccine developed by the Havana-based Genetic Engineering and Biotech Center.Dengue Fever…

United Nations, Amnesty International react against Uganda anti-LGBTQ + Law

UNITED NATIONS, March 23 (NNN-GNA) — The United Nations and the NGO Amnesty International have described the anti-LGBTQ law which was passed by the Uganda parliament as appalling.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to reject the anti-homosexuality law.Uganda’s parliament has passed its anti-gay…