No deal on UN peacekeeping budget, risk of mission freeze: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 193 member states of the United Nations have thus far failed to…
US warns Russia not to veto Syria border access
ROME, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States warned that Russia would put at risk hopes for more constructive relations…
More record-smashing heat forecast as Canada, US northwest bake
OTTAWA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada braced for its highest ever temperature as the country’s west and swathes of the…
Covid-19: UK govt says July 19 ‘end of the line’ for virus curbs
LONDON, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government is intent on lifting all of England’s coronavirus restrictions on July 19,…
Covid-19: US cases hit new plateau as Delta variant rises
WASHINGTON, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After declining fast for two months, the rate of Covid infections in the United States…
Ethiopia declares unilateral Tigray ceasefire as rebels enter regional capital; government forces flee
MEKELE (Tigray, Ethiopia), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s federal government on Monday declared a “unilateral ceasefire” in its war-torn…
Covid-19: Fourth major Australian city ordered into lockdown
BRISBANE (Australia), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brisbane on Tuesday became the fourth major Australian city ordered into lockdown, as…
Covid-19: South Africa tops 60,000 deaths
PRETORIA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa, the worst virus-hit country in the continent, crossed the threshold of 60,000 coronavirus…
Pro-Iran militias fire shells at US base in east Syria: monitor
DAMASCUS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pro-Iranian militias fired several shells at a US base in eastern Syria’s Al-Omar oil field…
Update: Eleven dead in Florida building collapse, 151 unaccounted for
SURFSIDE (Florida, US), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two bodies have been recovered from the debris of a Florida apartment building…