US climate crisis: Jackson, Mississippi has ‘no water to drink or flush toilets’

JACKSON (Mississippi, US), Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 180,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi have “indefinitely” lost access to reliable running water after excessive rainfall and flooding. Rising floodwaters over the weekend breached the city’s main water treatment facility, bringing it to the brink of collapse. A state of emergency has…

‘Dangerous’ heat wave hits southwestern US: National Weather Service

LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A “dangerous” heat wave was taking hold of the southwestern United States Tuesday, with punishing temperatures expected for the next week. Forecasters said the mercury could reach as high as 112 Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) in the densely populated Los Angeles suburbs as a heat…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: New air strike hits Tigray’s capital Mekelle

 ADDIS ABABA, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The capital of the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray was hit by an air strike around midnight Tuesday, Tigray rebels and hospital officials said, the latest such attack reported in just a few days. The bombings came after a resumption of fighting on the…

New migrant caravan leaves Mexico for US

MEXICO CITY, Aug 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — A caravan of about 1,000 migrants, the seventh since early August, left southeastern Mexico on Tuesday for the US border, local media said. The caravan mainly included men from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, as well as hundreds of women and…

Nigeria: 8 rescued as 3-storey building collapses in Kano

KANO (Nigeria), Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A three-storey building has collapsed in northwestern Nigeria, trapping shoppers in a busy neighbourhood. Emergency response workers said that at least eight people had been pulled from the rubble on Tuesday and they were searching for more. The building in Kano state, northern Nigeria’s…

Tunisian president voices discontent over US interference in internal affairs

Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) meets with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf (L) TUNIS, Aug 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday expressed his rejection of US interference in Tunisia’s internal affairs when receiving a US official, according to a statement by…

UN Security Council renews Mali sanctions

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the travel ban and asset freeze imposed on individuals and entities obstructing implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, until Aug 31, 2023. Unanimously adopting resolution 2649, the 15-member council also extended until Sept…

Nigeria: Katsina State records 4 cases of Monkeypox as it battles cholera, lassa fever, covid-19

KATSINA (Nigeria), Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four cases of the highly infectious Monkeypox have been confirmed in the Nigerian state of Katsina, Commissioner for Health, Yakubu Danja said.Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Health Ministry, Hajiya Mustapha Kabir, the commissioner said the cases were confirmed from the 27 suspected…

Netherlands to house migrants on cruise ship moored in port

A man prays under a tarpaulin as hundreds of migrants who seek shelter prepared to spend the night outside an overcrowded asylum seekers center in Ter Apel, northern Netherlands AMSTERDAM, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Amsterdam approved a plan to temporarily accommodate at least 1,000 migrants on a cruise ship moored…

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91

MOSCOW, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States…