Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN agencies condemn attacks on health care in Ukraine

A damaged building of a children’s hospital following a Russian air strike in the southeastern city of Mariupol GENEVA, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN agencies called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to attacks on healthcare professionals and facilities in Ukraine, which have killed a dozen people, describing them…

British businessman victim of execution-style hit in Mexican tourist zone

MEXICO CITY, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British businessman living in Mexico was killed in front of his teenage daughter by gunmen who opened fire on his car near the popular tourist destination Playa del Carmen, according to a state government source and local media. The victim of the deadly…

Covid-19: Former US President Barack Obama tests positive

WASHINGTON, March 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — Former US President Barack Obama said that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama tweeted. He also wrote that he and his wife, Michelle, “are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted,…

At lease 11 die in Burkina Faso gold mine attack

Illegal mining OUAGADOUGOU, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar raid in the same area, local sources said. “Armed unidentified individuals carried out an attack on the gold mining site of Baliata…

Vahagn Khachaturyan swears in as Armenian president

Armenia’s new President Vahagn Khachaturyan attends his inauguration ceremony in Yerevan YEREVAN, March 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — Vahagn Khachaturyan has sworn in on Sunday as Armenian president during a special session of the parliament in Yerevan. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, foreign ambassadors and NGO representatives.…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia, Ukraine to hold online negotiations Monday

A view of the third round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the Belovezhskaya Pushcha MOSCOW/KIEV, March 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian and Ukrainian delegations will resume talks on Monday via video link, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “Negotiations go non-stop in the format of video conferences. Working groups…

Ghana: Nine university students die in Sunday dawn crash at Asuboi

ACCRA, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Nine students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have died in an accident that occurred Sunday dawn at Asuboi in the Eastern Region.The accident involved a Hyundai universe commercial bus and a 40-footer container loaded with wood.The bus is said to be transporting the students…

Feature: How South African anger has focused on foreigners

Residents of Alexandra marched calling on foreigners to leave the neighbourhood  JOHANNESBURG, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in South Africa are on alert in case of renewed clashes between residents of Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and foreign street vendors. Alexandra is one of the poorest areas of the country but from…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: 35 dead in Russian air strike on Ukraine military base near Poland

A medic transports a serviceman after an attack on the Yavoriv military base, Ukraine LVIV, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty-five people died and more than 130 were injured when Russian troops launched air strikes on a military training ground outside Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, local officials said.…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Power restored to Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, seized by Russian forces

KYIV, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Electricity supply has been restored at Ukraine’s retired Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was seized by Russian forces in the first days of the invasion, energy officials in Kyiv said. “Today, thanks to the incredible efforts of (Ukrainian energy) specialists, our nuclear power engineers and…