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…

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…