American with monkeypox flees Mexican hospital

A colored electron-microscopic capture of the monkeypox virus GUADALAJARA (Mexico), June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US citizen with monkeypox escaped from a hospital in a Mexican resort and fled the country, local health authorities said. The 48-year-old man, originally from Texas, fled the hospital in Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s Pacific coast…

Germany: Teacher dead and pupils hurt as car driven by mentally-ill man hits crowd in Berlin

The car crashed into a store BERLIN, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A teacher was killed and 14 schoolchildren were injured after a car hit a crowd on a busy street in the German capital, Berlin.  The group was on a school trip to Berlin from the state of Hesse. A…

Mexican mega-church leader sentenced by US court for child sex abuse

LOS ANGELES, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leader of a Mexican mega-church who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three young girls was sentenced in Los Angeles on Wednesday to nearly 17 years in prison. But the ruling, following a plea deal Naason Joaquin Garcia struck with prosecutors last week, was…

Migrant caravan to continue trek through Mexico Thursday

HUIXTLA (Mexico), June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants began receiving temporary Mexican visas Wednesday as they prepared to continue their trek toward the United States. The migrants had set up a temporary camp on a basketball court in the southern Mexican town of Huixtla, some 40 kilometers…

US military aircraft with 5 onboard crashes in California

LOS ANGELES, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US military aircraft with five Marines on board crashed in southern California on Wednesday, a spokesman said. There was no immediate word on casualties, but the military denied reports the aircraft had been carrying radioactive material when it came down near Glamis, just…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Turkiye, Russia discuss efforts to restart Ukrainian grain exports

ANKARA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkiye’s foreign minister has said a United Nations plan to restart Ukrainian grain exports along a sea corridor was “reasonable” during talks with his Russian counterpart in Ankara.“Various ideas have been put out for the export of Ukrainian grains to the market, most recently is…

Cameroon soldiers killed nine villagers in restive Anglophone region – Government admits

Cameroon soldiers killed nine villagers YAOUNDE, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of soldiers has killed nine villagers including an 18-month-old girl, in a “manifestly disproportionate” and “hasty” response to a confrontation in northwest Cameroon, the government said.The four soldiers were searching for a missing comrade in the village of…

Uganda is a middle-income country, says Pres Museveni

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda has reached the middle-income status despite an onslaught of crises in the past three years, President Yoweri Museveni said.According to official data, the nation’s economy stood at about $45.7 billion by the exchange rate method or $131 billion by the…

ECOWAS unhappy with Mali’s 24-month transition decision

The Malian flag BAMAKO, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it regrets a decision by Mali’s interim government to delay the return to civilian rule by 24 months while negotiations between the two sides were ongoing.Mali’s military government, which first came to power…

Tanzania to spend $3b to service debts – Finance minister

Tanzanian Home Affairs minister Hamad Masauni DAR ES SALAAM, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tanzanian government is planning to spend a total of Sh9.09 trillion on debt servicing during the financial year 2022/23, it has been revealed.The revelation was made in Parliament by the minister for Finance and Planning, Dr…