Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia, Ukraine trade blame over strike on POW jail

KYIV, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of bombing a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russian-held territory, with Russia saying 40 prisoners and eight prison staff were killed. Russia’s defence ministry said the Ukrainian strikes were carried out with US-supplied long-range missiles, in an…

Venezuela and Colombia agree to re-establish diplomatic ties

Gustavo Petro, who will become Colombia’s first left-wing president when he is sworn in on Aug 7 SAN CRISTOBAL (Venezuela), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia and Venezuela will appoint new ambassadors in their respective capitals when Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro takes office next month, authorities said, in an effort to…

Road accident in Nicaragua leaves 16 dead, mostly migrants from Venezuela

MANAGUA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A road accident in northern Nicaragua has left 16 people dead, including 13 Venezuelans believed to be migrants, police said. The accident — which left another 47 people injured — occurred late Wednesday at a precarious crossroads on the Pan-American Highway in the department of…

EU the ‘epicentre of detected cases’ of monkeypox, warns commissioner

BRUSSELS, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — EU member states must step up their response to the outbreak of the monkeypox virus, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said.Writing to EU health ministers, Kyriakides called for greater cooperation to address the global health situation “where the European Union is the epicentre of detected cases.”The…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Moscow accuses Kyiv of striking east Ukraine jail, says 40 dead

 MOSCOW, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Russian army on Friday accused Kyiv forces of striking a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, saying 40 people died and scores were wounded. The Russian defence ministry said that the jail in Olenivka in the separatist-held region of Donetsk…

Nigerian Govt threatens to sanction BBC, Trust TV for airing interviews with terrorists

ABUJA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigerian federal government says it will sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing documentaries that allegedly glorify and fuel terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Thursday in Abuja. Mohammed said…

Covid-19: Uruguay back to vaccinating children

MONTEVIDEO, July 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay Thursday resumed vaccinating children aged 5 to 13 against COVID-19 after an Appellate Court reversed earlier this week Judge Alejandro Recarey’s ruling halting the therapeutic procedure. Public Health Director Miguel Asqueta said the authorities had feared “vaccination centers would be full” while highlighting the…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro picks Air Force man linked to Emtrasur for Tehran embassy

CARACAS, July 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s Pres Nicolás Maduro has picked a new ambassador to Teheran, who happens to be a military colleague of one of the crew members of the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 held in Buenos Aires since June, it was reported. A document submitted last week by National…

Nicaragua revokes approval of new US ambassador candidate

MANAGUA, July 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nicaragua revoked its approval of Hugo Rodriguez as a candidate for US ambassador because of his meddling in the country’s internal affairs. “The Government of Nicaragua, in use of its faculties and in the exercise of its national sovereignty, immediately withdraws the placet granted to…

US: Eight dead in ‘devastating’ Kentucky flooding

 JACKSON (Kentucky, US), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said. The world has been hit by extreme weather events in…