Covid-19: UK man jailed for Covid bomb hoax

LONDON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British man with an “obsessive interest” in Covid-19 was jailed on Wednesday for more than two years after sparking a bomb scare at an AstraZeneca vaccine factory. Anthony Collins, 54, from Kent in southeast England, sent a suspicious parcel to the factory in Wales…

US: Pentagon creates new office to probe UFO reports

The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly sensitive military areas WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad…

Nigeria: Motorists missing after mass abduction

ABUJA, Nov 25 (NNN-KBC) — Police in Nigeria’s north-west state of Kaduna say an unknown number of people have been kidnapped and one person shot dead by suspected armed gangs along a highway linking the state to the capital Abuja. The Sunday afternoon incident has triggered tension in the country’s…

Violence against women increases due to COVID-19: UN Women report

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — A new report of UN Women has highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on women’s safety at home and in public spaces. Almost half of women reported that they or a woman they knew experienced a form of violence since the start of the COVID-19…

Update: Sweden’s first female PM resigns hours after appointment

Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected Sweden’s first female prime minister on Nov 24 STOCKHOLM, Nov 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Shortly after Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected by Parliament Sweden’s first female prime minister on Wednesday, she tendered her resignation faced with the harsh reality of having to…

South African city of Jo’burg elects first Black female mayor

Dr Mpho Phalatse was voted in as Johannesburg mayor JOHANNESBURG, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance, DA, won the mayoral election for the country’s largest city of Johannesburg on Monday. Mayor Mpho Phalatse becomes the first black woman to lead Johannesburg and the first woman since the…

Morocco, Israel sign landmark security cooperation pact

Morocco only recently normalized ties with Israel RABAT, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israel and Morocco have signed a landmark agreement that lays the foundation for security cooperation, intelligence sharing, and future arms sales.The memorandum of understanding between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and his Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Loudiyi was signed…

Covid-19: Vaccines reduce transmission by 40% – WHO

GENEVA, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission of the dominant Delta variant by about 40 per cent, the WHO said, warning that people were falling into a false sense of security concerning jabs. The World Health Organization’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said many vaccinated people were wrongly thinking the jab…

US racism: Three white men found guilty of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia

A person protesting racial injustice holds a photo of Ahmaud Arbery during a May 2020 march in Washington BRUNSWICK (Georgia, US), Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three white men were found guilty of murder on Wednesday (Nov 24) for shooting dead an African American man after chasing him in their pickup trucks,…

27 die in Channel’s deadliest migrant boat tragedy

Members of associations for the defence of migrants gather in Calais CALAIS, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 27 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday when their boat sank off the northern French coast, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings.…