Update: Libyan leader orders probe into Tripoli clashes
TRIPOLI, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libyan President of the Presidency Council Mohamed Menfi issued orders to start an investigation into…
Zambia elects first woman as parliament speaker
Supporters of Hakainde Hichilema wearing party regalia in Lusaka on August 16 [File: Marco Longari/AFP] LUSAKA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Bolivia contains wildfires in Beni and Santa Cruz departments
LA PAZ, Sept 4 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivia’s Civil Defense Vice Minister Juan Calvimontes said that about 95 percent of the…
500,000 Haitian children at risk of cholera, malaria: UNICEF
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Suspected case of “mad cow” in central Brazil; live cattle prices plummet
BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed it was investigating a suspected case of “mad cow”…
Covid-19: Uruguay and Argentina to allow crowds back at stadiums for football World Cup qualifiers
MONTEVIDEO, Sept 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has agreed to allow the return of La Celeste fans…
Covid-19: UK panel against giving jabs to healthy young teens
LONDON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK government’s independent advisory body on vaccines said it would not recommend jabbing all…
UN chief to host Afghanistan aid meeting in Geneva on Sept 13: spokesman
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Geneva to convene a high-level…
Covid-19: Cuba starts vaccinating children in order to re-open schools amid Covid surge
HAVANA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban authorities on Friday launched a national campaign to vaccinate children aged two to 18…
Covid-19: Canada sees urgent need to get more young people vaccinated
OTTAWA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New modeling shows an “urgent need” to get more young adults in Canada vaccinated as…