UK: Man goes on trial over plane death of Argentine footballer Sala

  LONDON, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man charged in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash in 2019 go on trial in Cardiff on Monday.   David Henderson was charged last year for endangering the safety of an aircraft and attempting to…

US racism: Three white Americans go on trial in death of black jogger

  WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three white men in the US state of Georgia will go on trial Monday in the high-profile shooting death of a Black jogger that sparked a national outcry and helped fuel last summer’s socialjustice protests.   Gregory McMichael, 65, his son Travis, 35, and…

Alleged money launderer close to Venezuelan Pres Maduro defiant after extradition to US

  CARACAS, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime said Sunday he would not collaborate with the United States, a day after he wasextradited to the country from Cape Verde.   Maduro said Sunday evening in a…

Four dead, 19 missing after Tunisian migrant boat sinks

  TUNIS, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Tunisian migrants died and 19 were missing after their boat capsized, a judicial source said, the latest deadly mishap in waters off North Africa.   A total of 30 Tunisians, most of them young men, had set off in the small vessel, said…

US shootings: One dead as college endures two shootings in a week

  WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and another seven injured at a US university shooting early Sunday, police said, just days after another firearm incident at the same school left one dead.   A student was among those wounded in the attack at around 1:30am (local)…

Opposition candidate Neves nears victory in Cape Verde presidential election

PRAIA, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Opposition candidate Jose Maria Neves neared victory in Cape Verde’s presidential election on Sunday, maintaining a comfortable lead over the ruling party’s flagbearer Carlos Veiga with more than 90% of polling stations reporting results. Seven candidates were vying to replace Jorge Carlo Fonseca, who has reached…

Winter Olympics: Protests in Athens as Beijing prepares for Games flame

Winter Olympics – Lighting ceremony rehearsal of the Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ATHENS, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek police detained two human rights activists after they unfurled banners at the Athens Acropolis on Sunday opposing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China’s Games organisers prepare to…

8 killed, over 20 injured in traffic accident in Peru

  LIMA, Oct 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — Eight people were killed and 20 others were injured after a bus collided with two vehicles on Saturday in the southern department of Arequipa, Peru, local media reported.   The bus, belonging to the company Tuti Tours, was coming from the province of Caylloma…

At least 6 dead, 1 missing after ship sinks in Brazil

  BRASILIA, Oct 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least six people died and another one is missing after a ship sank in the Paraguay River in the central-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, local authorities reported on Saturday.   The mishap occurred on Friday afternoon when a strong wind caused the…

Italy’s new state airline ITA begins operations

ROME, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After the final flight of long-struggling Italian airline Alitalia on Thursday, Italy’s new national carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) began operations on Friday.The inaugural ITA flight took off from Milan’s Linate airport at 6:13 am (0413 GMT) for Bari, in southern Italy, the first of…