Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian Pres Putin met with IAEA Director General Grossi “to prevent nuclear accident”

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Rafael Grossi, director general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Saint Petersburg ST PETERSBURG (Russia), Oct 12 (NNN-TASS/IAEA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday in St. Petersburg with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi,…

Six decomposed bodies of women found in South Africa building; a 21-year-old man arrested

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 12 (NNN-KBC) — The South African Police Service (SAPS) say a 21-year-old man will be charged with murder following the discovery of six bodies – five of them in an advanced state of decomposition – in a building in the main city, Johannesburg. The local News24 site reports…

Uganda Ebola outbreak: First death recorded in capital Kampala

KAMPALA, Oct 12 (NNN-KBC) — An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Uganda’s capital, the health ministry has confirmed – the 19th victim in the current outbreak of the deadly virus but the first to die in Kampala. There have been 54 confirmed cases in Uganda but no…

UN-AU cooperation the best but faces challenges: UN chief

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Lauding the collaboration between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) as the best ever, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned major challenges lie ahead. Guterres told a Security Council meeting on cooperation between the UN and the AU that in the…

French PM to requisition workers as strikes at refineries continue

PARIS, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne ordered local authorities to requisition workers needed to ensure petrol supply to service stations across the country as France struggles with strikes at oil refineries operated by TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil. “A salary disagreement does not justify blocking the country,” Borne…

Venezuela, UNICEF to coordinate aid to flooded areas

CARACAS, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuela and UNICEF held a meeting here on Tuesday to extend aid to communities hit by mudslides and floods from last week’s tropical storm Julia. Minister of Education Yelitze Santaella tweeted that at a meeting with UNICEF representative Abubacar Sultan, they discussed the “development of…

Zimbabwean president calls for fire management strategy after 10 killed in veld fire

HARARE, Oct 12 (NNN-XINHUA/AGENCIES) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa heightened the need to develop a national veld fire management strategy after 10 farm workers were burnt to death on Monday in a veld fire in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province. “A new national strategy is now needed to minimise this growing…

14 states elected into UN Human Rights Council

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 14 states into the Human Rights Council to succeed outgoing members. Through secret ballot, Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Sudan (for Africa); Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Vietnam (for the Asia-Pacific); Georgia, Romania (for Eastern Europe); Chile, Costa Rica (for…

IMF downgrades 2023 global growth forecast to 2.7 pct

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected the global economy to grow by 3.2 percent this year and 2.7 percent in 2023, with a downward 0.2-percentage-point revision for 2023 from the July forecast, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report. The global economy is…

Cuba with no new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths

HAVANA, Oct 12 (NNN-ACN) — Cuba reported no new cases of Covid-19 at the end of Monday and only 15 active patients remain hospitalized with the disease, all with stable clinical evolution, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported.At the end of Oct 10, a total…