Covid-19: Ukraine criminalises use and manufacture of bogus vaccine certificates

KYIV, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukrainians who knowingly use or manufacture fake COVID-19 vaccine certificates face fines or jail under new legislation passed in parliament in the first reading on Tuesday to tackle record levels of coronavirus infections and deaths. Ukraine lagged behind other European countries in obtaining coronavirus vaccines…

Covid-19: US can start giving children aged 5 to 11 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine – CDC

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed broad use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged five to 11, clearing the way for shots to go into young arms as soon as Wednesday. The announcement comes hours after the advisers to…

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap 6 people from university in capital Abuja

ABUJA, Nov 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six people have been abducted after unidentified gunmen attacked a university in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, in the early hours of Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the university. Habib Yakubu, the spokesperson for the University of Abuja, told Xinhua on the phone a group…

At least 5 people killed in plane crash in South Sudan

Scene of the cargo plane crashed in the Maban area of Upper Nile state. JUBA, Nov 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least five people on Tuesday were killed when a cargo plane crashed in the Maban area of Upper Nile state. Kur Kuol, director-general of Juba International Airport, said that the…

Romania hits COVID-19 death record of 591, mostly unvaccinated

and deaths  COMMENTSBy Euronews with AP  •  Updated: 19/10/2021 A mobile ICU unit set up on the hospital grounds at the Marius Nasta National Pneumology Institute in Bucharest  BUCHAREST, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Romania reported a record daily number of 591 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday amid a persistently low vaccination rate and a wave…

Three Chinese hostages escape their captors in Mali

The army said the three men were rescued on Monday BAMAKO, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three Chinese nationals who were kidnapped in Mali have been rescued by security forces after they escaped their captors on the weekend, according to the Malian army.In a statement, the army said the three men…

Update: Nigeria building collapse – race to find survivors as dozens still missing

It is still unclear how many people may be trapped under the rubble  LAGOS, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers are working round-the clock in search of survivors in the Nigerian city of Lagos after a 22-storey high-rise block collapsed during construction. At least four people have died and dozens are…

Argentina makes interest payment to IMF

 BUENOS AIRES, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina made a payment of $390 million to the International Monetary Fund for interest on a $44 billion loan it is seeking to renegotiate, the government said.   The amount was the final interest payment for 2021, the economy ministry said.   So far…

Covid-19 global death toll passes 5 mn, mainly due to current increase in Europe: tally

   PARIS, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the disease first emerged in China nearly two years ago, according to a tally from official sources.    Monday’s milestone, nearly four months after four million deaths were registered, came even as mortality rates slow…

COP26: Climate change main cause of fires in US west – study

 LOS ANGELES, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Climate change caused overwhelmingly by human activity is the primary source of the unprecedented forest fires regularly ravaging the western United States, according to a study.   Fires destroyed an average of 13,500 square kilometers per year in the American west between 2001 and…