Kenya Airways strike: Airlines identifies 132 pilots for disciplinary action

NAIROBI, Nov 8 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya Airways has accused 132 pilots affiliated to Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) for hiding behind the Collective Bargaining Agreement clause to participate in the strike. This comes as the airline plans to institute disciplinary action against pilots engaging in the strike which Chief Executive…

Kenya, UK agree to fast-track Ksh 500 billion climate finance investment

SHARM-EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), Nov 8 (NNN-KBC) — The UK and Kenya have agreed to progress Ksh 500 billion of new British investment projects to support Kenya’s leadership on climate change. In a statement Monday, the two countries announced they had reached a deal to fast-track finance six major clean and green…

Invest in Africa to save the globe from climate change, says Kenyan Pres Ruto

SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt), Nov 8 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto has asked developed nations to invest in Africa to save the globe from the adverse effects of climate change. He said there are opportunities on the continent to produce wind power, geothermal electricity and solar energy. In his…

Mali: Six UN peacekeepers injured in roadside explosion

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six UN peacekeepers were injured in explosions hitting their convoy and are being treated in Sevare, Mali, said a UN spokeswoman. The blue helmets from Togo were injured after their convoy was hit by two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Douentza region in…

Brazil: 5 killed, 1 missing after minibus fell into Amazon River; 2 passengers rescued

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Four members and a friend of a family were killed and a teenager still missing after a minibus fell into the Amazon River on Monday in north Brazil’s Para state, local media reported. The minibus heading to the city of Santarem was preparing…

Over 1 mln people cut from essential supplies following floods in NE Venezuela

CARACAS, Nov 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Some 1.2 million people in northeast Venezuela’s Sucre state have been left without access to fuel and medical supplies after floods damaged a main highway, the state-owned Venezolana de Television reported. The highway connecting Sucre to the neighboring state of Anzoategui has been cut off…

US violence: Nine people hospitalized after shooting outside bar in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nine people have been hospitalized after a shooting Saturday night outside a bar in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, U.S. media reported. At least nine people were injured in the gunfire, which erupted just before 11 p.m. ET outside a bar in the…

Swedes brace for dark, cold winter as energy crisis ravages Europe

STOCKHOLM, Nov 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — While many Swedes have chosen to switch off their lights to save money on power bills, unfortunately this is not an option for Helen Hogberg, who owns a lighting shop in Stockholm’s Old Town. Day and night, dozens of light bulbs in her shop window…

Cuba participates at World Travel Market travel fair

 HAVANA, Nov 8 (NNN-ACN) — Cuba participates from Monday at the World Travel Market (WTM) travel fair in London, with the expectation of negotiating direct air operations with British and European tour operators.Juan Carlos Garcia, Cuban minister of tourism, heads the Caribbean delegation made up of representatives of the main…

Subtropical storm Nicole formed in the southwestern Atlantic

 HAVANA, Nov 8 (NNN-ACN) — The extensive area of low pressure located in the seas north of Puerto Rico continued to gain in organization and intensity during the early morning and became a subtropical storm named Nicole, the Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported.The Tropical Cyclone Warning No.1 of the Institute’s…