Many Brazilian parents no longer vaccinate children against controlled diseases: study

BRASILIA, Sept 12 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian scientists have expressed their concern over a recurrent attitude among parents who have ceased to vaccinate their children against diseases that have been eradicated but which might return without proper care. According to a study released on the 24th National Immunization Day, 16% of…

Scots the first to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

EDINBURGH (Scotland, UK), Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Elizabeth II’s coffin left Balmoral Castle, north of Scotland, for Edinburgh, where the Scots will be the first to bid farewell to the queen who died last Thursday at the age of 96. The funeral procession left the summer residence of the British…

Peru confirms 1,896 cases of monkeypox

LIMA, Sept 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Peruvian health authorities reported 52 new cases of monkeypox, bringing total toll to 1,896 in the country. The Health Ministry reported that as many as 1,374 patients have already been discharged, and also stressed that all those positive cases are presently treated according to…

Chile plans to search for the disappeared during the dictatorship

SANTIAGO, Sept 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced a National Search Plan for more than a thousand persons who disappeared during the dictatorship (1973-1990) and whose whereabouts are still unknown. “There are 1,192 disappeared detainees who still we do not know where they are, it is not…

Over 90 active wildfires in the United States

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Some 94 large forest fires are still active in the United States, most of them in the northwest of the country, while alarm grows over poor air quality in the territories, news reports said. According to reports from the CNN network, the flames occupy…

Ivory Coast calls on Mali to release 49 arrested in Bamako

YAMOUSSOUKRO, Sept 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Ivory Coast said it will continue with its diplomatic efforts to get the release of 49 soldiers held in Mali since last July 10. According to a source close to the presidency, local Executive also rejected that the (49) soldiers, who arrived in Bamako…

Greece seeks to keep open channels of communication with Türkiye: PM

ATHENS, Sept 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Greece will always seek to keep open channels of communication with Türkiye, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. The prime minister made the remarks at a Sunday press conference during the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in Thessaloniki, a port city in northern Greece. Mitsotakis…

South Africa mine dam collapse kills three, injures over 40

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — A mine dam collapsed in the central part of South Africa on Sunday morning as flooding caused by the collapse destroyed homes and infrastructure, according to the department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (CoGTA). The South African government has deployed different departments at Jagersfontein,…

1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting in western Germany

FRANKFURT, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One man was killed and another one was seriously injured in a shooting incident in Offenbach am Main in western Germany on Sunday evening, according to the regional police headquarters. The victims were gunned down at around 8:18 p.m. local time (1816 GMT) in the…

Left and right blocs neck-and-neck in Swedish election

STOCKHOLM, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s left wing bloc was neck-and-neck with the opposition right-wing in Sunday’s general election amid a far-right surge, with votes in more than three-quarters of electoral districts counted. The right wing bloc was credited with a majority of 175 of 349 seats…