Colombia: Plane crashes into city apartment building killing eight moments after takeoff

Thick black smoke was seen pouring from an apartment building in the city MEDELLIN (Colombia), Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — EIGHT people are confirmed to have died after a plane crashed into an apartment block in Colombia. Footage showed thick black smoke billowing from a building in Colombia‘s second-biggest city Medellín after…

Morocco bus crash leaves 11 dead: authorities

RABAT, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 11 people died and 43 were injured Tuesday when their bus overturned on a highway in northern Morocco, authorities said. The vehicle overturned a few kilometres from the city of Taza in the country’s mountainous northeast. Authorities have opened an enquiry into the…

US violence: 1 dead, 19 injured after car crashes into store in Massachusetts

HINGHAM (Massachusetts, US), Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One man died at the scene and at least 19 others were injured on Monday after a car crashed into an Apple Store in Hingham, a town in the northeastern US state of Massachusetts. The 19 people with varying levels of traumatic injuries…

UK State Visit a nod to South Africa’s role on the global stage

LONDON, Nov 22 (NNN-SANEWS) — The United Kingdom rolling out the red carpet to host South Africa for a State Visit for the first time under a new monarch, is testament that the country on the southernmost tip of the African continent is still an important player on the international…

South African court rules former President Zuma’s medical parole unlawful; must return to prison

PRETORIA, Nov 22 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — South Africa’s highest appeals court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma must return to prison, saying his release from a contempt of court sentence last year on medical parole was unlawful. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma lost his appeal Monday to remain on…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro urges like-minded regional leaders to seize the opportunity

CARACAS, Nov 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged his fellow leftwing Latin American leaders to seize the opportunity to strengthen regional integration and “agree on the construction of a common economic space” and of “a common monetary system.” Maduro described the current scenario as “a great opportunity to…

Mexico: Tourist climbs sacred Chichen Itza Castle without permission almost lynched by locals who call for sacrifice

MEXICO CITY, Nov 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — An angry mob almost lynched a tourist who climbed without permission the steps of the Castillo de Kukulcán, one of the new seven wonders of the modern world located in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá, in southeastern Mexico. With shouts and cries of…

EU allocates 230m/- for humanitarian funding for Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 22 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE European Union (EU) has allocated 230m/- equivalent to 100,000 euros in its humanitarian funding to help Tanzanians to take anticipatory action against the spread of Ebola disease in the country. Such a move follows the recent outbreak of Ebola Viral Disease in…

Covid-19: Brazil authorizes Paxlovid drug for sale in local pharmacies

BRASILIA, Nov 22 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Brazil´s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) on Monday authorized the sale of Paxlovid drug, used to treat Covid-19, in nationwide pharmacies.     Such approval was decided unanimously by ANVISA’s board of directors. Paxlovid sale in drugstores must be made under medical prescription and by pharmacist´s…

Witchcraft is powerless against Ebola, Ugandan Health minister warns

KAMPALA, Nov 22 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Witchcraft and witch doctors are ineffective against Ebola, the minister of Health of Uganda, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, said.     She added that ignorance and carelessness are responsible for the spread of the disease in this East African country, where 55 people have died since…