Germany abolishes Nazi-era abortion law

General view of a session of Germany’s lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, in Berlin BERLIN, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany abolished a Nazi-era law forbidding doctors from providing information about abortions. The Bundestag lower house of parliament voted to scrap the law, meaning doctors are now allowed to give…

Afghan held in Guantanamo prison freed

Asadullah Haroon Gul WASHINGTON, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay US detention centre in Cuba has been freed after 15 years following negotiations with Washington, Afghan authorities said. The secretive prison once housed hundreds of suspected militants captured by US forces during America’s…

Cuba zookeepers celebrate birth of rare baby white rhino

Ale, the new baby white rhino at Cuba’s national zoo HAVANA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The zookeepers at Cuba’s National Zoo are especially proud of Ale, a pudgy, gray-brown baby white rhinoceros born earlier this month on the outskirts of capital Havana. For starters, he’s cute. Baby rhinos look similar…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine forces to retreat from battleground city

  KYIV, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukrainian forces will retreat from Severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting over the key city, a senior Ukrainian official said, in a major boost to Russia’s goal of seizing a swathe of eastern Ukraine. The announcement came shortly after the European Union granted Ukraine…

US ending abortion right a ‘huge blow’ to human rights : UN

GENEVA, June  25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The decision by the US Supreme Court on Friday to end the right to abortion is “a huge blow to women’s human rights and gender equality,” UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said.       “Access to safe, legal and effective abortion is firmly rooted in…

First case of bird flu detected in the Arctic

OSLO, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Norwegian authorities have discovered the first case of bird flu in Svalbard, about 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, sparking concern the virus could spread to other avian populations in the remote region. The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was detected this month in a polar…

Norway bow and arrow attacker sentenced to psychiatric care; 5 stabbed to death

People gather around flowers and candles after a man killed several people in Kongsberg, Norway, in 2021 OSLO, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Norwegian court sentenced a man to psychiatric care on Friday after finding him guilty of stabbing to death five people and attempting to murder 11 others with…

US bans sales of Juul e-cigarettes, company to seek stay on enforcement

WASHINGTON, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sales of Juul e-cigarettes were blocked by the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, in a major blow to the once high-flying firm whose products have been tied to a surge in teenage vaping. The agency said the applications “lacked sufficient evidence” to show…

Deputy President of Nigeria Senate Ike Ekweremadu accused of organ-harvesting plot in UK

Ike Ekweremadu has been a senator in Nigeria since 2003  LONDON, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Nigerian senator has been charged with conspiring to transport a boy to the UK in order to harvest organs. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court…

US Senate passes first Gun Control Bill in decades

 WASHINGTON, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33. It follows mass shootings last month at…