Europe electricity prices soar as tough winter looms

    PARIS, Aug  26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European electricity prices soared to new records, presaging a bitter winter as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inflicts economic pain across the continent.  The year-ahead contract for German electricity reached 995 euros ($995) per megawatt hours while the French equivalent surged past 1,100 euros — a more than tenfold…

‘Ball in Iran’s court’ on nuclear deal: French Pres Macron

ALGIERS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday the fate of a revived nuclear deal is up to Iran, and that an agreement would be “useful” even if it doesn’t settle everything. Asked during a visit to Algeria about the chances of success in reviving the 2015…

Horn of Africa drought to worsen with fifth failed rains: UN

GENEVA, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The devastating Horn of Africa drought is set to get worse, the UN’s weather agency predicted, warning that the region was on the brink of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. The area is already going through its worst drought for 40 years and a fifth consecutive…

Venezuela and Colombia appoint ambassadors to resume full ties

BOGOTA, Aug 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced he had picked former Senator Armando Benedetti to become Colombia’s new ambassador to Caracas following his decision to resume full diplomatic ties with the administration of Nicolás Maduro. “I have decided in response to the Venezuelan government, which has…

Sewage in sea: French appeal to EU over UK discharges of waste

Untreated sewage flowing into a river  PARIS, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK is threatening health and marine life on the French coast by allowing raw sewage to be dumped in the Channel and North Sea, say three Euro MPs. Pollution warnings have been issued for almost 50 beaches in…

Angola’s president set for second term as party leads vote

LUANDA, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Angola’s Joao Lourenco was set to remain president, as his party maintained its lead in the country’s most hotly contested election in its democratic history, with nearly all the votes counted. Results published by the country’s electoral commission gave the People’s Movement for the Liberation…

Russian-African Network University to start classes in Crimea

CRIMEA, Aug 26 (NNN-SPUTNIK) — Doctors from Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Mauritania, and Nigeria will study at the V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (CFU) under the Russian-African Network University (RAFU) consortium, the press service of the CFU reported. The training of specialists will be held from Aug 29 to Sept 9…

Ethiopia fuel theft jeopardizes aid, threatens increased malnutrition: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Theft of fuel from a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in Ethiopia’s Tigray will jeopardize humanitarian operations for people who desperately need assistance, said a UN spokesman. “It is now the lean season, and we are highly concerned about the impact this might have…

UN voices concern over situation in Libya

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations voiced concern over the situation in Libya after Fathi Bashagha, prime minister-designate of Libya’s parliament-approved government, called on the Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah to peacefully hand over power. “We’re watching with concern the developments in Libya, including the mobilization of…

US shooting: 4 killed during eviction at apartment complex in Arizona

Tucson Police Department TUCSON (Arizona, US), Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were killed in a likely triple murder-suicide at an apartment complex in midtown Tucson on Thursday. The Tucson Police Department said officers were called to Lind Commons Apartments, located at 3493 East Lind Road, around 11 a.m. According…