Mexico City prosecutor to press homicide, other criminal charges for metro collapse

MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico City’s attorney general said she will press charges of homicide, personal injury and property damage against people and companies linked to the collapse of a section of a metro line in the capital that left 26 dead in May. “This attorney general’s office…

Covid-19: US to reopen Mexico, Canada land borders for fully vaccinated travellers

The US has closed its land borders with Canada and Mexico since March 2020  WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US has said it will reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to fully vaccinated travellers from November. It means those sealed out of the US because of the…

Huge blackmail and corruption trial opens in Spain; royalty also involves

MADRID, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A notorious ex-police chief at the centre of a web of scandal is on trial in Spain for blackmail and corruption. Jose Manuel Villarejo, 70, is accused of secretly recording conversations with top businesspeople to blackmail them or destroy their reputations for other wealthy clients.…

Netflix, UNESCO team up for Africa talent hunt

 PARIS, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Netflix has launched a project with the UN’s cultural body to hunt out young filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa and explore traditional folktales from the region.   “African Folktales, Reimagined” teams the US streaming giant with UNESCO to find six young directors to make a short…

TB deaths on the rise again globally due to Covid-19: WHO

 GENEVA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tuberculosis is on the rise again globally for the first time in a decade, linked to disruptions in access to healthcare because of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Orgnization said.    The setback has erased years of progress toward tackling the curable disease, which…

US: Hundreds evacuated from derailed metro train in Arlington

ARLINGTON (Virginia, US), Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A metro train partially derailed near Arlington Cemetery on Tuesday, and hundreds of passengers were evacuated to the Arlington Cemetery station by walking along the train tracks. The incident occurred about 4.50 p.m when Metro rail controllers received a report of a disabled Blue…

2 missing after training plane crash off coast in northern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Oct 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — A training plane belonging to the Lebanese Aviation Club and carrying two people crashed on Wednesday in the sea off the coast of Halat in northern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati asked the army to send a helicopter to…

EU envoy to visit Iran Thursday amid nuclear talks push

  TEHRAN, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU envoy charged with coordinating talks on reviving a troubled nuclear deal between Iran and major powers is to visit Tehran on Thursday, the Iranian foreign ministry said.    Enrique Mora’s visit “is a follow-up to consultations between the two sides on matters…

Assisted dying to be legal in New Zealand from November

WELLINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand Minister of Health Andrew Little said that the country’s health system is ready to implement the End of Life Choice Act, making assisted dying legal in New Zealand. Little said the government had appointed a three-person specialist committee to oversee the operation of…

Venezuela calls on Spain to rectify indigenous massacres

CARACAS, Oct 13 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the Spanish government to rectify and apologize for the massacre of millions of indigenous people from America during colonization. On the Day of Indigenous Resistance, the Venezuelan president recalled the victims of murder and slavery due to the expansion…