Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deal with UN, Turkiye as Turkiye ready to help de-mine Ukraine ports

  ISTANBUL, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal with the United Nations and TurkIye on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger.    Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov each signed separate but…

Covid-19: US Pres Biden condition has ‘improved’ – White House doctor

WASHINGTON, July  23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden’s symptoms “have improved” and his key vital signs including blood pressure remain normal, his White House physician said Friday a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid.  Isolating at the White House, Biden has posted on social media several…

WHO says heatwave caused 1,700 deaths in Spain, Portugal

 COPENHAGEN, July  23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s European office said the heatwave baking Europe has caused over 1,700 deaths on the Iberian peninsula alone, calling for joint action to tackleclimate change. “Heat kills. Over the past decades, hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of…

EU watchdog recommends approving smallpox vaccine against monkeypox

Symptoms of monkeypox include a rash which starts on the face and spreads to the body THE HAGUE, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union’s drug watchdog recommended for approval the use of a smallpox vaccine to treat monkeypox, which could be classified by the World Health Organization as a…

US prosecutors indict two men over Texas human-trafficking tragedy

Mourners add a prayer candle to a memorial at the site where dozens of migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio HOUSTON, July 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — A federal grand jury indicted two men for the deaths of 53 migrants found in an abandoned tractor-trailer last month in…

Pres Biden’s first US-Africa Leaders Summit scheduled for December – White House

WASHINGTON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A number of African leaders will be guests of the American government in mid-December 2022 when President Joe Biden hosts the first in-person summit with his peers.The United States has been under increasing pressure to assert its influence on the continent amid a growing role…

Italian PM Mario Draghi fails in bid to revive government

Mario Draghi has been prime minister for 18 months but is now expected to resign  ROME, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — When Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced that Italians had persuaded him not to resign, for much of Wednesday it looked as if his national unity government would survive. He called…

Africa: 14th US-Africa Business Summit opens in Marrakech

MARRAKECH (Morocco), July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 14th edition of the US-Africa Business Summit started, Wednesday in Marrakech, around the theme “building the future together”. Placed under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI, this Summit which will run until July 22, at the initiative of the “Corporate Council on…

Mexican beauty queen, Romanian-Dutch man arrested after chase across Europe over US$1.7 million wine theft

General view of wine bottles at Restaurante Atrio wine cellar in Caceres, Spain MADRID, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Mexican beauty queen and a Romanian-Dutch accomplice have been arrested in Croatia over the theft of US$1.7 million worth of prestige bottles of wine in Spain after a nine-month chase…

Spain’s PM says ‘more than 500 died’ from heatwave

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez greets firefighters during a visit of the areas affected by wildfires, in Ateca, near Zaragoza MADRID, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 10-day heatwave that hit Spain left “more than 500 people” dead, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. “During this heatwave, more than 500 people died…