US shooting: ‘Multiple fatalities’ in Virginia supermarket shooting; 10 reportedly dead

CHESAPEAKE (Virginia, US), Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gunman shot and killed multiple people in a Walmart supermarket Tuesday night in the US state of Virginia, police and city officials said, adding that the shooter too is dead. “We were able to find multiple fatalities and multiple injured parties,” Chesapeake…

Deployment of UK Special Forces to Ghana is false – Government refutes British media report

Anti-terrorism troops ACCRA, Nov 23 (NNN-GNA) — The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has reacted to a report by the UK Telegraph suggesting that Britain was set to deploy troops to Ghana, from its shut down operations in Mali.The report cited a recent…

Tanzania plane crash: Rescue efforts delayed, report finds

 DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Divers were unable to launch a rescue operation after a passenger plane crashed in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria as they lacked oxygen in their cylinders, an official report has found. At least 19 people died after the plane plunged into the lake on Nov…

Suspect held after 4 Chinese nationals killed at US cannabis farm

 HENNESSEY (Oklahoma, US), Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people discovered murdered on a rural marijuana farm in the US state of Oklahoma were Chinese nationals, investigators say. The suspect, identified as Wu Chen, 45, was arrested on Tuesday 2,400km away in Florida. The bodies were found on Sunday after police…

Libya launches national cancer treatment program

TRIPOLI, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah launched a national program to organize the treatment of cancer patients, including establishing a new government agency and a database, and localizing patients in the country. The new agency will be responsible for developing and implementing necessary policies, plans and…

Nigeria begins drilling in first oil fields in northeast region

ABUJA, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated Kolmani Integrated Development Project to drill oil and gas in the northeastern part of the country. Speaking at the project’s flag-off ceremony in the northeastern state of Bauchi, Buhari said that the Nigerian Kolmani Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL)…

UN official calls for long-term approach to eliminate threat of piracy in Gulf of Guinea

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — A “holistic and long-term approach” is needed to address the root causes of and therefore effectively eliminate the threat posed by piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, a United Nations official…

Severe weather lashes Italy, dozens injured

ROME, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Severe weather ravaged Italy on Tuesday, challenging new flood protection infrastructure in Venice, cutting off access to some islands and resulting in multiple injuries. In Venice, Italy’s city of canals, the water level rose 170 centimeters above normal levels on Tuesday due to intense rains,…

Presidents of Cuba and Russia hold official talks

HAVANA, Nov 23 (NNN-ACN) — The presidents of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, and Russia, Vladimir Putin, held official talks in the Kremlin Tuesday where they discussed the prospects for deepening economic, trade, financial and cooperation ties.Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, said on Twitter that the meeting confirmed the common will…

Cuba and the European Union hold political talks on disarmament

HAVANA, Nov 23 (NNN-ACN) — Cuba and the EU concluded the 3rd edition of the political dialogue on “Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction” and “Illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons and other conventional weapons”, which took place in virtual format, the Cuban foreign ministry (MINREX…