Covid-19: Tunisia starts national vaccination

A military medical staff member administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a recipient at a vaccination center in Tunis TUNIS, Aug 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisia kicked off national vaccination against COVID-19 as 335 centers across 24 provinces started to vaccinate citizens aged 40 and above. This initiative was organized by the…

Covid-19: US teachers’ union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as cases surges

WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for US teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union said, shifting course to back mandated shots as more children fall ill. “The circumstances have changed,” Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation…

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador to talk COVID-19 vaccines with Kamala Harris

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris MEXICO CITY, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will discuss COVID-19 vaccines with US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, amid recent caseload spikes in both nations driven by highly contagious new variants of the…

Covid-19: France seeks volunteers to help Caribbean territories

Residents queue for a Covid-19 test at a laboratory in Fort-de-France, in the French Caribbean island of Martinique PARIS, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s health minister appealed for volunteer doctors and nurses to travel to the overseas territories of Guadalupe and Martinique as a wave of COVID-19 infections overwhelms hospitals…

Mozambican, Rwandan forces retake port town from insurgents

Rwanda sent in 1,000 soldiers last month to shore up Mozambican military forces who have been struggling to regain control over the northern Cabo Delgado province MAPUTO, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambican and Rwandan security forces have recaptured the port town of Mocimboa da Praia, an insurgents’ stronghold, the two…

‘Abandoned’ Greek villagers reluctantly flee raging fires

The fires remained out of control over large swathes of Evia island ATHENS, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A police car siren calls for the last residents of the village of Gouves on the Greek island of Evia to evacuate as fire rages down a mountainside and engulfs the first houses.…

US wildfires: California fire now second-worst in state history

California Governor Gavin Newsom surveys a burned United States Post Office in downtown Greenville LOS ANGELES (California, US), Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California continued to grow overnight, making it the second-largest wildfire in state history as thousands of people continued to flee advancing flames,…

Covid-19: Quarantine-free travel to France resumes as UK rules change

Visitors to Paris no longer have to quarantine on their return, after UK fears over the Beta variant faded LONDON, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fully vaccinated people can now visit France without quarantining on their return to the UK, after travel rule changes came into force at 04:00 BST. Brittany Ferries…

Olympic flag passed to Paris mayor for 2024 Games

  TOKYO, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Olympic flag was passed to Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo for the 2024 Games at the Tokyo closing ceremony on Sunday.    Hidalgo waved the flag, decorated with the five Olympic rings, after she received it from International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. The…

Covid-19: UK reports another 28,612 coronavirus cases

People wearing protective face masks walk along a platform at King’s Cross Station LONDON, Aug 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Britain has reported another 28,612 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,042,252, according to official figures released Saturday. The country…