Man in Sao Paulo hospital with Brazil’s first monkeypox case

SAO PAULO, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Health officials in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo confirmed the country’s first case of monkeypox on Thursday. The patient was a 41-year-old man who recently travelled to Spain and Portugal, the city’s health secretariat said in a statement. He was hospitalised for treatment…

US shooting: Gunman opens fire at Maryland factory, killing three co-workers, injuring another worker and a policeman

The assailant, who was not immediately identified, was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a Maryland state trooper ANNAPOLIS (Maryland, US), June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland on Thursday, killing at least three people and critically wounding…

Defence says missile theory unproven as MH17 trial wraps

The judges hearing the MH17 case at a courthouse close to Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, where MH17 took off on July 17, 2014 THE HAGUE, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Dutch lawyers for a suspect accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said prosecutors failed to prove a Russian-made missile brought…

Wildfire in southern Spain forces town evacuation; 3 firemen hurt

Emergency services deployed almost 1,000 firefighters, military personnel and support crews to fight a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of 2,000 people BENAHAVIS (Spain), June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A wildfire in mountains in southern Spain has forced evacuation of 2,000 people from the centre of the town of Benahavis…

Colombia: All 14 bodies recovered after mine explosion

  BOGOTA, June  10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of all 14 men trapped by an explosion in a coal mine in northeast Colombia last week have been recovered, the country’s National Mining Agency said.  The effort had taken 10 days since the underground explosion on May 30, with the last body recovered early Thursday…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: World’s poor paying more for less food – UN

 PARIS, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poor countries are expected to suffer the most from worldwide food crises exacerbated by the war in Ukraine as they will be forced to pay more for less food, the United Nations warned. The global food import bill was on course to hit a new…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Special operation to end when its goals are achieved – Kremlin

MOSCOW, June 10 (NNN-TASS) — Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine will end when its goals are achieved, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Russian President [Vladimir] Putin has outlined the tasks for this special military operation. The fulfillment of these tasks will mean the end of the special military…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: IAEA says it must visit Russia-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine

 VIENNA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s nuclear watchdog said it was planning to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine, despite opposition from Kyiv.     “This mission is not a matter of wanting or wishing, it is an obligation on the side of Ukraine and on the side…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UK ‘concerned’ over death sentences for British fighters in Ukraine

    LONDON, June  10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK government said it was “deeply concerned” after Russian news agencies reported pro-Moscow separatists had sentenced to death two British fighters captured by Russian troops while fighting for Ukraine.       “We are obviously deeply concerned by this. Under the Geneva Convention, prisoners of war are entitled to…

Argentina: Two more Uruguayan tourists retrieved from doomed Bariloche hotel; death toll 3

BUENOS AIRES, June 9 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Rescuers have found the bodies of the two Uruguayan tourists who had gone missing after a mudslide fell on a top-class hotel in Bariloche in the Argentine province of Río Negro, it was announced Wednesday, bringing the death toll up to 3 victims. Víctor…