UN Sec-Gen Guterres condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo

UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which took place during violent demonstrations at the mission’s base on Tuesday. Two Indian police officers and a Moroccan ‘blue helmet’ were killed,…

New wildfires in SE France burns 900 hectares of land

PARIS, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Wildfires in southeast France’s department of Ardeche that broke out Wednesday morning have burnt 900 hectares of land and forced evacuation in different cities, French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported. According to Le Figaro, a total of 550 firefighters and 100 intervention engines, as well…

Netherlands: Farmers block highways as gov’t mediator urges dialogue

Cars drive past manure and debris dumped on the A50 road during a farmers’ demonstration THE HAGUE, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Protests against the Dutch government’s nitrogen policy resumed on Wednesday as farmers laid piles of sand, straw bales, manure and rubble on a number of highways in the Netherlands,…

UN condemns fighting in South Sudan’s oil-rich state

JUBA, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations on Wednesday condemned clashes between rebel forces and the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in South Sudan’s northern oil-rich Unity State. Nicholas Haysom, the special representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, called on the forces of Stephen Buay Rolnyang, the…

Suspect of mass shooting in U.S. Chicago suburb faces 110 new charges

CHICAGO, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Robert Crimo III, the suspect of a mass shooting during an Independence Day parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, on Wednesday faced 110 additional criminal charges after a Lake County grand jury handed down an indictment. Crimo, 22, already faced seven counts of…

Nine killed in multi-vehicle crash in south Mexico

MEXICO CITY, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least nine people were killed Wednesday after multiple vehicles crashed in south Mexico’s Guerrero state, local authorities confirmed. According to a preliminary report from state security officials, the accident occurred around 6:35 a.m. local time on the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo Highway, in Guerrero’s Costa Grande…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian forces capture Ukraine’s second biggest power plant, Ukraine says

KYIV, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian forces have taken over Ukraine’s second biggest power plant, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following an earlier claim by Russian-backed forces to have captured it intact. Seizing the Soviet-era coal-fired Vuhlehirsk power plant in eastern Ukraine would be Moscow’s first strategic gain…

Global fight against HIV in danger amid resource crunch, says UN

MONTREAL (Canada), July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global fight against HIV has stalled from shrinking resources due to COVID-19 and other crises, according to a new report presented at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada. Across the world, new HIV infections fell just 3.6 per cent between 2020 and 2021,…

WHO says more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox globally, most in Europe

GENEVA, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said. The WHO declared the outbreak a global health emergency on Saturday. Around 10 per cent of patients have been hospitalised in…

New government in Colombia must target fight against crime – UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (NNN-TELESUR) — A report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says Colombia’s next government must prioritize bringing down illegal armed groups and criminal gangs. According to a communiqué issued by the OHCHR, “the predominantly military response of the State has failed…