Covid-19: Latvia’s government adopts new rules

RIGA, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latvia’s government has adopted new coronavirus regulations to make epidemiological requirements and restrictions simpler and easier to understand. The regulations, for example, stipulate compulsory vaccination for certain professional groups: Employees of medical, social, and educational institutions, for example, will have to show a vaccination certificate…

UK: PM Johnson says petrol crisis ‘stabilizing’ as he plans to save holidays

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson LONDON, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British troops will begin training to help deliver petrol supplies as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was making preparations to deal with potential problems until “Christmas and beyond.”The prime minister said the situation on the filling…

Nigeria: President Buhari orders conditional lifting of ban on Twitter

Pres Buhari made the disclosure in his 61st independence day address ABUJA, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of the micro-blogging site, Twitter, in Nigeria in June.Buhari disclosed this in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to…

No West African leader expected as Guinea junta leader becomes ‘president’

Junta leader Doumbouya with ECOWAS prez Akufo-Addo during a visit to Conakry CONAKRY, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinean junta leader, Mamady Doumbouya, will be sworn in as president of the country’s transition towards civilian rule.Doumbouya led a group of elite forces who overthrew the government of President Alpha Conde on…

Malawi’s ex-deputy speaker shoots himself dead in parliament

Malawi’s ex-deputy speaker, Clement-Chiwaya LILONGWE, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former deputy speaker in Malawi has shot himself dead inside parliament in the capital, Lilongwe, authorities said.Clement Chiwaya, who moved in a wheelchair, had gone to the building on Thursday to discuss vehicle benefits entitled to him when he left…

US and Russia say they held ‘substantive’ arms control talks in Geneva

US President Joe Biden (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin WASHINGTON, Oct 1 NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Russia said in a joint statement that they had held “intensive and substantive” talks in their second meeting within a framework that is aimed at easing tensions between the world’s largest…

Shutdown: Congress votes to keep US Government open

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden has signed into law a temporary measure to keep the government funded until early December and avoid yet another federal shutdown. Congress narrowly passed the bill hours before funding lapsed, which would have forced federal museums, national parks and safety programmes to…

EU, Australia trade talks postponed amid subs row

   PARIS/SYDNEY, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A long-planned round of Australia-EU free trade talks have been postponed, a European official confirmed Friday, after fury over Canberra’s decision to cancel a major French submarine contract. “The FTA trade round has been postponed for a month until November,” an EU official said,…

Covid-19: 2% or less have had jabs in many African nations – WHO

BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Just two percent of the population, or less, have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus in half of the countries in Africa, the World Health Organization said. Fifteen of the continent’s 54 nations have managed to vaccinate at least 10 percent of their people, achieving the…

Update: Police regain control of Ecuador prison after riot carnage

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police gained control of an Ecuador prison where rioting has left at least 118 inmates dead, some of them decapitated, as rival drug gangs went to war armed with guns and grenades. Another 86 inmates were wounded, six of them critically, according to Ecuador’s…