Russia to host first royal wedding in more than a century

Grand Duke of Russia George Romanov and his fiancee Rebecca Bettarini MOSCOW, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s former Imperial capital is set to play host to the wedding of a descendant of the Russian royal family in the first such event in more than a century. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich…

EU court annuls Morocco Trade Agreement over Western Sahara

The European Union’s General Court BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Court of Justice of the European Union said it has canceled two agricultural trade agreements with Morocco concerning the disputed Western Sahara region, saying the North African country did not have the consent of local inhabitants affected. The EU…

Covid-19: Slovenia suspends Johnson & Johnson vaccine after death

LJUBLJANA, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Slovenia on Wednesday suspended vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson after a 20-year-old woman died of a brain haemorrhage and blood clots just days after getting the jab. The death came after the authorities told civil servants they had to be vaccinated by the end of…

‘Urgent’ international response needed in Myanmar after coup: UN Sec-Gen

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an “urgent” international response to the political crisis created in Myanmar by the Feb 1 military coup, in a new report released by the United Nations. In the document on “the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims…

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis ‘stain on our conscience’ – UN

The United Nations’, Martin Griffiths GENEVA, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The crisis in Ethiopia that is pushing the war-scarred Tigray region towards starvation is a “stain on our conscience”, the United Nations humanitarian chief says.Martin Griffiths issued one of the most sharply worded criticisms to date of the worst famine…

Argentine meat sales to China to resume next week; the rest of the world will have to wait until 2022

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina will resume meat exports to China as of this coming Monday, it was announced in Buenos Aires. The decision by the Argentine government following negotiations with producers to lift all restrictions on sales of meat to foreign customers aims at recovering some of…

Covid-19: Argentine national gov’t to hunt down those unregistered for vax

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Federal Health Council announced that although immunization will not be mandatory, a nationwide house-by-house vaccination campaign will be launched for those who have not registered to take their injections. Similar undertakings have been carried out by various provincial governments, The vaccinating squads will…

US ‘lost’ the 20-year war in Afghanistan: top US general

  WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The top US general conceded in a stark admission that the United States “lost” the 20-year war in Afghanistan.   “It is clear, it is obvious to all of us, that the war in Afghanistan did not end on the terms we wanted, with…

Mexico flies 70 Haitian migrants back home

Haitian migrant children arrive with their parents at the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, COMAR, to request refuge in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, Sept 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico on Wednesday flew 70 Haitians to their capital Port-au-Prince amid a migrant crisis as Haitians flocked to the United States. The group…

Tunisia’s president names Romdhane as country’s first female PM

Newly appointed Prime Minister, Najla Bouden Romdhane TUNIS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Kais Saied named a geologist with little government experience as Tunisia’s first woman prime minister on Wednesday amid a crisis following his seizure of powers and with public finances close to breaking point. Saied’s office published a…