British and US tourists die off-piste skiing in French Alps

  LYON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British and an American tourist died following separate off-piste skiing crashes in the French Alps, emergency services said. The 50-year-old Briton suffered a cardiac arrest and multiple injuries after a heavy fall in the Sunday afternoon incident, ski operator Meribel Alpina said. The…

Germany: Scholz’s Social Democrats suffer blow with Berlin election loss

  BERLIN, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered a heavy setback in a regional poll in Berlin, falling behind the opposition conservatives in the capital for the first time in over two decades. While the Berlin vote turned on local issues, the disappointing loss comes…

Burkina Faso: Twelve civilians killed as insurgents burnt entire village; toll fear could rise

  OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 12 civilian died and six were injured in an attack by suspected insurgents in northwestern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali, locals said. “Several dozen men on motorbikes attacked the village of Sanakadougou” in Kossi province overnight Thursday and Friday, a…

Cyprus ex-foreign minister Christodoulides elected president

  NICOSIA, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cyprus voters elected former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides as the next president of the small EU member state, with his rival conceding defeat and congratulating him. Christodoulides, 49, won 51.92 percent to defeat fellow diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis, 66, who took 48.08 percent, the government…

Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners, sends them to the US

MANAGUA, Feb 12 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has released over 200 political prisoners and sent them over to the United States, it was reported in Managua. The beneficiaries of the move, including opposition leaders, priests, and critics of the government, were transferred to the El…

Cuban president begins visit to Campeche, Mexico for 5th meeting with Lopez Obrador

MEXICO CITY, Feb 12 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez begins an official visit to Campeche, Mexico, on Saturday to meet for the fifth time with his host Andrés Manuel López Obrador.     It is the fourth visit that Díaz-Canel has made to this country in the four years…

5,000 pregnant Russian women flying to Argentina for citizenship, officials say

 BUENOS AIRES, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 5,000 pregnant Russian women have entered Argentina in recent months, including 33 on a single flight on Thursday, officials say. The latest arrivals were all in the final weeks of pregnancy, according to the national migration agency. It is believed the women…

US and Canada military shoot down new unidentified object

 OTTAWA, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Another unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed. He said the latest object “violated Canadian airspace” and was shot down over Yukon in north-west Canada. Both Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled to track down…

Kenya makes first bulk shipment of value added tea worth Ksh 3.7B to Australia

NAIROBI, Feb 12 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya has made the first bulk shipment of value added tea worth Ksh 3.7 billion to Australia as the government embarks on measures to cut bulk export of raw tea. The tea consignment weighing 2.68 metric tonnes was flagged off by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika…

Tourism boost as chartered flight from China lands in Kenya

Chinese tourists received at JKIA NAIROBI, Feb 12 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s tourism sector received a major boost with the arrival of the first chartered flight this year from China on Saturday. The trip comes barely a month after China lifted covid-19 restrictions that had lasted three years due to the…