Covid-19: German health minister in move to boost use of treatment Paxlovid

BERLIN, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany’s health minister said he will push for more prescriptions of Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid by family doctors to reduce severe cases of the disease. “A system involving family doctors will be prepared to administer this far too rarely-used COVID life saver more routinely,” he…

Argentine president scrambles to replace economy chief after Guzman exit

BUENOS AIRES, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentine President Alberto Fernandez held meetings and telephone calls on Sunday as he scrambled to find a new economy minister, official sources said, after the abrupt exit of ally Martin Guzman shook the government. By Sunday afternoon there was still no sign of a…

West Africa leaders lift sanctions on 2 junta-led neighbors

ACCRA (Ghana), July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — West African leaders attending a regional summit agreed Sunday to lift sanctions on two neighbors led by military governments that are now promising a return to democratic rule. The summit of the Economic Community of West African States resolved to lift all economic and financial…

US shooting violence: Three police die in Kentucky while serving domestic violence warrant

Lance Storz, 49, was taken into custody after the alleged shooting of police in Allen, Kentucky ALLEN (Kentucky, US), July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three law enforcement officers were killed and five others wounded in eastern Kentucky when a man with a rifle opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant, authorities…

Russia: Three persons injured, one died in fire in addiction clinic in Moscow

MOSCOW, July 3 (NNN-TASS) — Doctors examined individuals rescued during fire in a private addiction clinic in Northwest Moscow and recognized three of them as injured, a source in the medical community told TASS on Sunday. “Three persons were recognized as injured after the examination by medical professionals,” the source said. Therefore, one person…

UN envoy warns time running out for South Sudan peace deal

JUBA, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN envoy to South Sudan voiced concern that time was running out for the full implementation of the country’s fragile peace deal. South Sudan’s political rivals signed the agreement in 2018 but are still struggling to draw a line under a five-year civil war…

Gunmen attack Nigeria mine, kidnap four Chinese workers

Gunmen attacked the mine in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro region of Niger state ABUJA, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have attacked a mine in central Nigeria, killing some security personnel and kidnapping four Chinese nationals and other workers, a state security official said. Kidnapping for ransom has become a major problem in northwest and central Nigeria, where heavily-armed criminal gangs…

Daughter of murdered Mexican reporter dies of wounds

Antonio De la Cruz was the 12th journalist killed in Mexico this year, which is already one of the deadliest years yet for the nation’s press. MEXICO CITY, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The daughter of a journalist murdered this week in Mexico died of wounds sustained in the attack that…

Nigerian president welcomes berthing of first ship at new deep seaport

ABUJA, July 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday welcomed the successful berthing of the first ship at the Lekki Deep Seaport, the country’s first deep seaport under construction in Lagos, the country’s economic hub. The vessel, ZHEN HUA 28 departing from China’s Hong Kong, delivered on Friday…

One killed in Boko Haram hospital attack in Cameroon

YAOUNDE, July 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — One person has been killed after terror group Boko Haram attacked a hospital in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to local and security sources. Militants of the group raided the hospital in Mada locality of the region overnight into Saturday, killing a security guard, several…