UN remembers its fallen peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday laid a wreath at the UN Headquarters in New York to pay homage to the more than 4,200 UN peacekeepers who lost their lives since 1948, and presided over a ceremony to honor the 117 peacekeepers who died…

Chile urges workforce to get COVID-19 booster shot due to rise in cases

SANTIAGO, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chile’s government called on workers across sectors to get their fourth shot against COVID-19 and urged employers to make it easier for them to do so. The law allows workers to request permission to get vaccinated during working hours, as established in the Labor Code…

5 miners killed in Bolivia landslide

LA PAZ, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Five gold mining workers were killed after being buried by a landslide when extracting gold on the banks of a river in central Bolivia, local authorities said. The victims of the tragedy in the community of Huajchamayu, in the town of Cocapata, in central…

US offers $2m reward for two Kenyan wildlife/drug ‘traffickers’

Abdi Hussein Ahmed and Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh are wanted for trafficking wildlife and narcotics NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is offering a $2 million reward leading to the arrest or conviction of two Kenyans wanted for wildlife trafficking and narcotics.The US accuses Abdi Hussein Ahmed and…

Tanzania issues precautionary notice over monkeypox as cases rise in Europe

WHO has raised an alarm on increasing monkeypox cases around the world DAR ES SALAAM, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s Ministry of Health had issued an alert over the monkeypox disease that has affected various countries in Africa and the world.On Wednesday, the ministry shared a poster with information on…

US violence: Guns are now the leading cause of death for American children

WASHINGTON, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Firearms have surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among American youngsters, with official data showing a strong rise in gun-related homicides such as the killing of 19 children in a Texas school rampage. Overall, 4,368 children and adolescents up to the age…

Husband of teacher slain in Texas school shooting massacre dies ‘due to grief’

Joe Garcia and Irma Garcia UVALDE (Texas), May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The husband of a heroic fourth grade teacher who was killed protecting her students during a massacre at a Texas elementary school has died of an apparent heart attack, family members said. Joe Garcia was preparing for the funeral of Irma…

Canada: Toronto police shoot man carrying gun near schools

Police officers shot a suspect who was walking down a city street carrying a gun, as four nearby schools were placed on lockdown, in Toronto  TORONTO, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Toronto police shot and wounded a man who was walking down a street carrying a gun in a city neighbourhood,…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine says war in east at ‘maximum intensity’

KYIV, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine said the war in the east of the country had hit its fiercest level yet as it urged Western allies to match words with support against invading Russian forces. Moscow’s troops are pushing into the industrial Donbas region, closing in on several urban centres…

Powerful 7.2-magnitude quake rocks southern Peru; no casualties reported

     LIMA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Peru on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, with Peruvian authorities adding there were no dead or injured.      The quake hit at 7:02 am local time (1202 GMT), at a depth of 218 kilometers (135 miles), according…