Russia-Ukraine conflict: Woman killed as bus carrying Ukrainian refugees overturns in Italy

The accident occurred on the highway between Cesena and Rimini, on the north eastern coast. FORLI (Italy), March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bus carrying about 50 refugees from Ukraine has overturned on a major highway in northern Italy, killing one passenger and injuring several others, Italian state radio reported. RAI…

Peru expresses interest in agreement with US to fight drug trafficking

LIMA, March 13 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Cesar Landa expressed to United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nichols, Peru’s interest in reaching an agreement for the non-lethal interdiction of illicit flights to combat drug trafficking. The dignitaries met in Chile during the activities linked to the…

At least 60 stowaways dead in DR Congo freight train accident: Rail company

A train crash in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 60 people: state rail company  KINSHASA, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A train crash in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 60 people, the state rail company said. “[Currently] the toll is 61 dead, men, women and children…

Russia asks NASA, intl space agencies to end sanctions and avoid threat to ISS

MOSCOW, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s space agency has sent NASA and other international partners a letter demanding an end to sanctions, saying they could threaten the International Space Station. In a tweet Saturday, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said the letter appealed to the space agencies of the…

Ethiopia: Government says it will investigate video of soldiers burning civilians

ADDIS ABABA, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A video circulating on social media from Ethiopia showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the western part of the country will be investigated, and the perpetrators would be brought to justice, the government announced. “A horrific and inhumane…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Rising food prices shake North Africa as Ukraine war rages

Tunisia imports almost half of its soft wheat, which is used to make bread, from Ukraine TUNIS, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Households across North Africa are rushing to stock up on flour, semolina and other staples as food prices rise following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both key wheat exporters to…

US: 2 dead, 14 hospitalised in suspected outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Southern California

PALM SPRINGS (California, US), March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Public health officials are sounding the alarm about a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the Coachella Valley that includes two deaths and more than a dozen hospitalizations. Twenty cases have hospitalized 14 people, two of whom – a Riverside County resident and…

Covid-19: France to start administering 4th vaccine dose

PARIS, March 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien. The vaccination campaign will also be extended to people having an immunocompromised system…

Colombians vote to short-list presidential contenders

BOGOTA, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombians vote Sunday to draw up a shortlist of candidates for presidential elections polls suggest may yield the country’s first-ever leftist leader.    Nearly 39 million of Colombia’s 50 million inhabitants are eligible to cast their ballot in a complex but critical election in a…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN to hold more meetings this week on Ukraine war

UNITED NATIONS, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations will have multiple meetings this week about Russia’s war in Ukraine, though it is unclear if they will lead to the adoption of an official text, diplomats said. On Monday, the Security Council will discuss the Organization for Security and Co-operation…