US will not join Afghanistan talks hosted by Russia

A Taliban fighter sits guard on a vehicle while his comrades are praying at Deh Bori square in Kabul WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States will not join international talks on Afghanistan organized by Russia this week due to logistical reasons, but is open to participating in the…

Government of Zimbabwe projects 10% growth in agricultural sector

The country’s agricultural growth rate is expected to increase HARARE, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of Zimbabwe has projected a 10% growth in the agricultural sector during the 2021/22 farming season, an official has said.Agriculture has been contributing 34% to Zimbabwe’s gross domestic product (GDP), and Lands and Agriculture…

Footballer Didier Drogba appointed WHO ambassador for Sports and Health

Didier Drogba GENEVA, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Football legend Didier Drogba was appointed as the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health.Drogba, from Ivory Coast, will support WHO to promote the Organization’s guidance on the benefits of physical activity and other healthy lifestyles, and highlight the value of…

Russia cuts diplomatic ties with NATO in latest row

   MOSCOW, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow was suspending its mission to NATO and closing the  Western military bloc’s liaison mission in Russia, in a new diplomatic row.     “We are suspending the work of our official mission to NATO, including the  work of…

Covid-19: WHO confirms gradual decline in covid deaths

GENEVA, Oct 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported that the number of deaths per week in the world due to COVID-19 continues to fall and stands at 50,000, the lowest figure recorded in almost a year. However, the head of the…

Covid-19: Haiti to return soon-to-expire 250,000 vaccines to COVAX facility

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — Haiti’s Multisectoral Pandemic Management Commission (MPMC) announced that it will return 250,000 Moderna vaccines that will expire on Nov 6 to the COVAX facility since health authorities have not been able to implement a massive immunization campaign. “We wish that other countries with more advanced immunization…

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…