US Pres Biden promises more vaccines, ties for Africa as Kenya leader visits

 WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden announced a major new Covid vaccine donation for Africa and promised greater commitment to the continent as he welcomed his first African leader, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta.   Meeting at the White House, Biden and the Kenyan president promised to work together on…

Bus plunged into ravine kills 6, injures 24 in Colombia

BOGOTA, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least six people were killed and more than a score injured after a bus plunged into a ravine about 150 meters deep in rural Chaparral, a town in central Colombia’s Tolima department, Civil Defense confirmed Thursday. The director of Civil Defense in Tolima, Major…

U.S. returns to UN Human Rights Council

Abdulla Shahid (L), president of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, presides over a General Assembly meeting at the UN Headquarters UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States was on Thursday elected a member of the UN Human Rights Council, following its withdrawal in June…

Azerbaijan, Iran agree to mend ties ‘through dialogue’

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister , Jeyhun Bayramov BAKU, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan says it has agreed to resolve a diplomatic crisis with Iran through dialogue, weeks after ties soured over Tehran’s allegations that Israel’s military was active in the country.The breakthrough came during talks between Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and…

Nigerian military kills scores of Boko Haram fighters as many insurgents invade Borno town

The terrorists had attempted to attack a military base in the area MAIDUGURI (Borno, Nigeria), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two fighter helicopters of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) foiled a Boko Haram terrorists attack on Ngamdu, a border town between Yobe and Borno states.Ngamdu is in the Kaga Local Government…

Covid-19: Eritrea, Burundi, North Korea have yet to start vaccination – WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General GENEVA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eritrea and Burundi along with North Korea are the only countries that have yet to roll out COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.This was revealed by WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his Coronavirus briefing.He bemoaned the increasing lack of vaccines which according to him…

Covid-19: US vaccine mandates are working, Pres Biden says, but 66 million still don’t have shot

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden touted the success of mandates in spurring vaccination against COVID-19 in the United States but said more needed to be done to get the 66 million people who are eligible but still unvaccinated to get the shot. Vaccination rates against COVID-19 in…

Norway: Detention hearing for radicalised bow-and-arrow attacker

Espen Andersen Brathen KONGSBERG (Norway), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A judge in Norway will rule in a custody hearing on Friday for the man who confessed to a deadly bow-and-arrow attack that police have said was probably an act of terror. Emotions were still running high in Kongsberg, a quiet town in southeastern…

Poland passes legislation allowing migrant pushbacks at border

WARSAW, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland’s parliament passed legislation that human rights advocates say aims to legalise pushbacks of migrants across its borders in breach of the country’s commitments under international law. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have reported sharp increases in migrants from countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq trying to…

Spain’s main parties agree on renewing constitutional court judges

The Spanish Constitutional Court building MADRID, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s ruling Socialist party has reached a deal with the main opposition People’s Party to renew the line-up of the Constitutional Court, paving the way to ending a years-long stalemate, the prime minister’s office said. The approval of the judges…