Russian filmmakers land after shoot on board space station

The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian actress Yulia Peresild rests after the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 space capsule MOSCOW, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a three and a half hour trip from the International…

DR Congo reports three new Ebola cases: WHO

KINSHASA, Oct 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three new cases of Ebola virus disease have been confirmed by health officials in the northeastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) five months after the end of a previous Ebola outbreak in the same province, the World Health Organization…

Thousands protest in El Salvador against Bukele government

A demonstrator holds a sign reading: ‘Bukele dictator, out of El Salvador’ SAN SALVADOR, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people in El Salvador took to the streets to air a range of complaints against President Nayib Bukele, from adopting bitcoin as legal tender to firing Supreme Court judges, viewed…

Greece: Tibetan activists removed from site of Beijing Games torch ceremony

ATHENS, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Tibetan activists were removed from outside the archaeological site of ancient Olympia and detained on Monday, an hour before the start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics torch lighting ceremony. The activists, three women and one man, were taken to the police station in…

Armed attack in Colombia leaves 3 Venezuelans, 2 Colombians dead

Colombian troops close the Venezuela-Colombia border in San Antonio BOGOTA, Oct 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three Venezuelans and two Colombians were killed in the municipality of Betania, Antioquia department, in northwestern Colombia, local authorities reported. Antioquia Governor Anibal Gaviria denounced the incident on Twitter and stated that he is organizing an…

11 killed in Nigeria road accident

ABUJA, Oct 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Eleven people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in central Nigeria’s Kwara state on Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred on a busy road near the Onipako village of the Kwara state “as a result of wrongful overtaking,” said Jonathan Owoade, sector…

No injuries reported after grandstand collapses in Dutch stadium

THE HAGUE, Oct 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — No injuries were reported after the lower part of a grandstand collapsed on Sunday in a football stadium in Nijmegen, a city in east-central Netherlands. The incident occurred in the Goffert Stadium as fans from Vitesse Arnhem celebrated the only goal in their side’s…

Covid-19: UK records more than 40,000 cases for fifth day in a row

People walk along a street in London) LONDON, Oct 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Another 45,140 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19 as the country recorded more than 40,000 COVID cases on the fifth consecutive day, according to official figures. It brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the…

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo launches new political party

76-year-old Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo ABIDJAN, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo launched a new political party, formally breaking ties with those who ran his former party while he spent years facing war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court.Gbagbo, 76, who returned home in June…

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez vows to abolish prostitution

 MADRID, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged to outlaw prostitution in the country. Speaking to supporters at the end of his Socialist Party’s three-day congress in Valencia, Sanchez said that the practice “enslaves” women. Prostitution was decriminalised in Spain in 1995 and in 2016 the UN…