French PM visits Algeria to boost cooperation partnership

ALGIERS, Oct 10 (NNN-XNHUA/AGENCIES) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrived on Sunday in Algiers for a two-day visit to boost cooperation with Algeria. Leading a delegation of 16 senior officials, she held talks with her Algerian counterpart Ayman Benabderrahmane and laid a wreath of flowers before the Martyrs’ Memorial…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Pres Putin denounces Crimean Bridge explosion as terrorist act

MOSCOW, Oct 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — The explosion on the Crimean Bridge was no doubt a terrorist act aimed at destroying Russia’s critical civilian infrastructure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Ukraine’s special services were the initiators, performers and masterminds,” Putin said when meeting with Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander…

Brazil: A family of 6 killed in car-truck highway accident; truck driver detained

SAO PAULO, Oct 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six people were killed on Sunday after two vehicles collided on a highway in the southeastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, the state’s highway police said. The victims, including a 3-year-old boy, were all from the same family, a spokesman for the highway police…

1 killed, several injured as car drives into terrace bars in Spain

MADRID, Oct 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — A man has been arrested after one person was killed and at least seven injured as a car drove into two terrace bars in the town of Gibraleon in the southwest of Spain Sunday afternoon. Spanish Civil Guards confirmed they had arrested the man after…

22 dead, dozens missing after landslides in Venezuela

Residents walk through the debris left by flooding in Las Tejerias, Venezuela CARACAS, Oct 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 22 people died and another 52 went missing after landslides occurred in the northern state of Aragua in Venezuela, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said. “President Nicolas Maduro is going to declare…

Malawi bans sale of food in primary, secondary schools as cholera death toll hits 117

LILONGWE, Oct 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Malawi has banned sale of food in primary and secondary schools ahead of the new school year, which starts Monday, as cholera outbreak continues with 117 cumulative deaths recorded as of Sunday. Requesting parents to pack homemade food for students, the education ministry “is directing…

Nigeria: 76 killed in boat capsize in Anambra as 8 killed in central Plateau road accident

ABUJA, Oct 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 76 people were killed after a boat capsized in the southern state of Anambra at the weekend, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said. In a statement, Buhari acknowledged that rescue agencies had officially reported the death toll of the tragedy on Friday and expressed…

Lesotho: Newly-formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party surges ahead in early election results

MASERU, Oct 10 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Vote counting is under way in Lesotho after Friday’s general election, and the Lesotho Times reports that the electoral commission expects a final result on Tuesday. However, early returns from polling stations suggest that the newly-formed Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party, led by Sam Matekane, a millionaire businessman…

Gambia child deaths linked to contaminated syrup rise to 69

BANJUL, Oct 10 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Child deaths from kidney injury linked to contaminated India-made cough syrups have risen to 69, Gambia’s Health Minister Ahmadou Lamin Samateh reported. Samateh, who said he lost his nephew to acute kidney injury on Wednesday, told the media that three more children died as of Saturday,…

Peru: Coronavirus cases totalled 4,148,457 with 216,727 death as 2,687 monkeypox cases recorded

LIMA, Oct 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — The number of citizens infected with COVID-19 rose to 4,148,457 and the death toll reached 216,727 in Peru as of Oct 7, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported. Within this framework, 147 new cases were detected and 5 people passed away due to the virus on Oct…