France opens monkeypox vaccination center in Paris

PARIS, July 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — French Health Minister Francois Braun announced that a high-capacity monkeypox vaccination center will open to the public from Tuesday in Paris. According to Public Health France, the capital region recorded 726 monkeypox cases, almost half of the 1,567 confirmed cases in France last week. The…

Tunisia’s constitutional referendum sees about 27 pct turnout

TUNIS, July 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Preliminary results show that the turnout for the referendum on a new constitution in Tunisia is around 27.54 percent, head of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) said on Monday evening. More than 2,458,985 voters participated in the vote, but the number “remains an…

Armed assailants kill 6 at Mexico rehab center

The addiction clinic where an armed group executed six people in San Pedro Tlaquepaque, state of Jalisco, Mexico MEXICO CITY, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were shot dead at a drug rehabilitation center near the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, authorities said. Five men and one woman were killed…

Germany’s gas supply situation stabilizes after restart of Nord Stream 1

A thermal power station in Frankfurt, Germany BERLIN, July 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — German gas supplies are solid again as the country’s storage facilities are filled to almost two-thirds of capacity, Klaus Mueller, president of the country’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), said. After ten-day maintenance of the crucial Nord Stream 1…

Tanzania, Kenya struggle to run shipping lines

The construction of the MV Mwanza Hapa Kazi Tu ongoing being built at the cost of Sh97.5 billion DAR ES SALAAM, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Plans to revive national shipping lines in East African ports are facing usual delays over lack of capacity to compete internationally.Kenya and Tanzania recently formed…

US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills off forests

WASHINGTON, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Biden administration announced plans to replant trees on millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands as officials struggle to counter the increasing toll on the nation’s forests from wildfires, insects and other manifestations of climate change. Destructive fires in recent years that burned…

Call for maximum working temperature cap after EU heatwave deaths

PARIS, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Trade unions called on the European Commission to impose maximum temperature limits for outdoor workers, after three people died while on shift in Madrid during last week’s withering heatwave. While a handful of member states have legislation limiting working hours in excessive heat, the thresholds…

Brazil may export corn to China in the second half

BRASILIA, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian and Chinese officials are re-discussing a trade protocol so that Brazil can ship corn to China sooner than intended, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Marcos Montes said. Montes said the successful revision of the protocol would allow Brazilian corn to be exported to China in the…

Covid-19: Biden’s symptoms ‘almost completely’ resolved, his physician says

WASHINGTON, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms “have now almost completely resolved” since he tested positive last week, his physician said in a memo. “When questioned, at this point he only notes some residual nasal congestion and minimal hoarseness,” Biden’s physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, said in…

Gunman dead after killing two in Canada shooting spree

VANCOUVER, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gunman killed two people and wounded two others in a series of shootings near Vancouver in the early hours of Monday (Jul 25), before being shot dead by police, authorities said. Earlier reports had suggested the assailant may have targeted homeless people, but this was…