Extreme poverty in Venezuela rises to 76.6%: Study
CARACAS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around three-fourths of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty as the once-prosperous OPEC nation’s hyperinflationary…
Romanian truckers, hit by taxes at home, tempted by British jobs
Romanian truckers protest pay cuts in front of the government headquarters in Bucharest BUCHAREST, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For 32-year-old…
WHO horrified over sexual exploitation by aid workers in DR Congo
Dozens of women accused WHO and other aid agency staff of sexual abuse and exploitation KINSHASA, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Post-Brexit: UK risks French anger over fishing permits
PARIS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh tensions have surfaced between Britain and France over post-Brexit fishing rights. In the latest…
Spain: Canaries volcano lava reaches sea, raising toxic gas fears
MADRID, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, volcanologists…
Spain declares volcano hit La Palma as disaster zone
MADRID, Sept 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s government classified the island of La Palma, which has been struck by a volcanic…
Covid-19: South Africa administers close to 17 million vaccines to date
PRETORIA, Sept 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa has administered 16,999,722 doses of COVID-19 jabs as of Monday evening, the Department…
France’s Sanofi halts work on mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
PARIS, Sept 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said it was stopping work on an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 despite…
Blast rocks residential area in Sweden’s Gothenburg, four badly hurt
GOTHENBURG, Sept 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were seriously hurt in an explosion and fire in a central residential area…
US: Murders rose 30 percent in 2020 – FBI
The number of murders in the United States rose by around 30 percent in 2020 over the previous year, to…