Mexico finds 45 migrants in hidden compartment of truck

 MEXICO CITY, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican authorities found 45 migrants in a hidden compartment of a truck on Monday — the latest incident involving one of the most dangerous transportation methods used by people smugglers. National Guard agents made the discovery in the eastern state of Veracruz after hearing…

Peru registers first death in monkeypox patient: hospital

LIMA, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru on Monday recorded its first death of a monkeypox-infected person, with more than 300 cases reported in the country to date, a health official said. The fatality was “a patient who came to hospital in a serious condition with monkeypox and their health weakened…

Update: Two dead in California’s largest wildfire this year

 YREKA (California, US), Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Firefighters faced “extremely dangerous” conditions as they battled to save a community of 8,000 residents, with lightning strikes threatening to worsen a blaze that has already killed at least two people and become California’s biggest fire of the year. Hundreds of personnel were…

Tunisia library races to preserve rich polyglot press archive

A conservator at the National Library of Tunisia consults old newspapers in the institution’s archives in the capital Tunis TUNIS, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the basement of the National Library of Tunis, conservator Hasna Gabsi combs through shelves of newspapers dating back to the mid-19th century to select the…

US: More rain, more bodies in flooded Kentucky mountain towns

LOUISVILLE (Kentucky, US), Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Another round of rainstorms hit flooded Kentucky mountain communities as more bodies emerged from the sodden landscape, and the governor warned that high winds could bring another threat – falling trees and utility poles. Governor Andy Beshear said the death toll rose to…

Pres Biden says US killed Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri in Afghanistan

The 71-year-old was believed to be the main strategist who steered Al-Qaeda operations WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden announced that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists and suspected mastermind of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks. In a…

US Wildfire: Mckinney fire spreads rapidly in north California

 LOS ANGELES, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of firefighters in California are battling the largest wildfire to spread in the state so far this year. The McKinney Fire, which started in the northern Siskiyou county on Friday, has already burnt 21,000 hectares, the state’s fire service said. At least 2,000…

Kosovo postpones new car number plate rules amid tensions

PRISTINA, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo’s government has postponed the implementation of new rules that would force people in majority ethnic-Serb areas to swap their Serbian-issued car number plates for Kosovan-issued ones. The rules were due to come into force at midnight on Monday. But on Sunday ethnic Serbs in…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: EU and NATO urge Russia to fully implement grain deal as first grain shipment leaves Ukraine

BRUSSELS, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union and NATO welcomed the departure of a grain shipment from Ukraine as a “first step” towards easing the food crisis caused by the Russian invasion. But EU spokesman Peter Stano said Brussels still expects the “implementation of the whole deal and resumption of Ukrainian…

Mexico: Restaurant guild leader murdered in Acapulco

MEXICO CITY, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leader of the guild of restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco was shot dead on Sunday, the state prosecutor’s office said. Jesus Rivera was killed in the early hours of the morning outside a nightclub he owned, after…