Nigeria: Gunmen kill 7 villagers, injure 7 in Adamawa state – Police

 YOLA (Adamawa, Nigeria), Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — A group of gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, attacked a village in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa in the early hours of Wednesday, killing seven villagers and injuring seven others, local police said. Several gunmen invaded the Negga village at about 2 a.m. local time…

US: Iran nuclear talks to resume Nov 29 after five months

  WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/TEHRAN, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran agreed Wednesday to resume talks on Nov 29 with world powers on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap, with the United States urging a quick resolution.   The indirect negotiations in Vienna come amid mounting pressure on Iran, with Western nations…

US, Iran dispute facts of tanker incident in Sea of Oman

  WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Iran gave sharply differing accounts Wednesday of an incident involving a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Sea of Oman, in the latest incident in the heavily trafficked seaway.    Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had thwarted an attempt…

COP26: FTSE 100 companies sign up to UN net zero campaign – UK govt

 LONDON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than half of the firms listed on London’s leading FTSE 100 Index have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, the British government said on Thursday.   The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said 60 blue chip firms had signed up to…

US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians did not violate law of war: Pentagon probe

   WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said after an investigation.   Three adults, including a man who worked for a US aid group,…

Sweden: ABBA halts promotion of new show after two die at tribute concert

 STOCKHOLM, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Swedish pop sensation ABBA announced that they were pausing promotion of an upcoming show for 24 hours, after two died in a dramatic fall at a tribute concert.   The world-famous quartet is preparing to release a new album, “Voyage”, on Friday, 40 years after…

Google News to return to Spain after seven-year spat

 MADRID, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Google announced the reopening of its news service in Spain next year after the country amended a law that imposed fees on aggregators such as the US tech giant for using publishers’ content.   The service closed in Spain in December 2014 after legislation passed…

UK: Oxford college may take name of Vietnam’s ‘bikini airline’ boss

  LONDON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A graduate college at Oxford University could be renamed after a Vietnamese billionaire whose budget airline staffed its inaugural flights with bikini-clad air hostesses.   Linacre College said this week it would change its name to Thao College, after a “transformative donation” of 155…

Pres Macron awards outgoing German Chancellor Merkel French national honour on her farewell trip

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, left, receive flowers and a bottle of wine as gifts as they are greeted by residents in Beaune, Burgundy PARIS, Nov 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — French President Emmanuel Macron presented the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to Germany’s outgoing Chancellor…

US state elections: Democrat Murphy narrowly wins re-election as governor of New Jersey

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Incumbent Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey Phil Murphy was reported Wednesday by U.S. media to have won a second term, edging out Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli by a less-than-one-point margin. The Associated Press called the election,…