Covid-19: US State Department orders non-essential staff to leave Shanghai

WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has ordered all non-essential employees at its Shanghai consulate in China to leave over concerns about their safety, as the Chinese city faces a spike in Covid cases and a harsh lockdown.    The US State Department “ordered the departure due to…

Chile unveils plan for water rationing in capital

SANTIAGO, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Chile on Monday announced possible plans ration water in the capital Santiago due to a drought that has lasted more than a decade.   “We have had 12 years of drought, therefore it’s quite likely that we will have this type of situation,”…

Eight dead in gun attack on house near Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen killed eight people, including four minors, in an attack on Monday on a house near Mexico City, authorities said.    Six women and two men died in the shooting in the municipality of Tultepec just north of the capital, the prosecutor’s office in…

Four million people to face food insecurity in North-East Nigeria – UN

The UN resident coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale ABUJA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has said over four million Nigerians in the region are expected to face the severe pain of food insecurity in the approaching lean season.Schmale said this at an…

Uganda: Rescuers retrieve all six bodies drowned in Lake Victoria

6 found dead as boat capsizes on Lake Victoria KAMPALA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers have finally recovered all the six bodies of people who went missing following a boat accident on Lake Victoria last Sunday.“We can confirm that all the six bodies have been recovered and our full week…

Sit-at-home: Masked gunmen kill one, set vehicle ablaze in Enugu, Nigeria’s restive south-east state

Gunmen kill two people in Enugu on Manday ENUGU (Nigeria), April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Masked gunmen killed a passenger and set a sienna vehicle ablaze at the popular Holy Ghost roundabout, Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east. The gunmen, said to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia ‘provoking hunger in the world’ with Ukraine war – EU

BRUSSELS, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s war in Ukraine, and not the sanctions imposed on Moscow, is what is causing an escalating global food crisis, the EU’s top diplomat said. “They are causing scarcity. They are bombing Ukrainian cities and provoking hunger in the world,” Josep Borrell told a media…

Tunisian Olympic sailor Guezguez, 17, dies after boat capsizes

The Tunisian Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez has died at the age of 17 TUNIS, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian sailor Eya Guezguez, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics last year, has died at age 17 after her boat capsized while training at sea with her twin sister Sarra, who survived…

Covid-19: US seeks to resume enforcing federal employee vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to allow the Biden administration to resume enforcing a federal employee vaccine mandate that had been blocked by a lower-court judge in January. A 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Thursday reinstated President Joe Biden’s executive…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Oil opens higher as OPEC warns of tight supply and Russian sanctions loom

LONDON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil futures rose early on Tuesday, reversing sharp losses from the prior day, as the market weighed the potential for more sanctions on Russia’s energy sector and OPEC warned it would be impossible to increase output enough to offset lost supply. Brent crude futures were…