Polling stations open in Moldova’s snap election

   CHISINAU, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polling stations in Moldova opened Sunday morning with voters eager to choose the new parliament after the previous one was dissolved by new President Maia Sandu. Sandu, who wants to bring Moldova into the European Union, in November defeated Kremlin-backed incumbent Igor Dodon on a…

Ethiopia: PM Abiy hails ‘historic’ election after landslide win

   ADDIS ABABA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s ruling party won a landslide in a landmark parliamentary poll, results showed Saturday, ensuring a new five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed despite a brutal war in the northern region of Tigray. Abiy hailed the outcome of what he described as a…

Bulgaria votes again in a bid to end political deadlock

SOFIA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarians go to the polls for a second time in three months on Sunday hoping the political parties can this time agree on a stable government coalition. After almost a decade in power, the conservative GERB party of three-time Prime Minister Boyko Borisov came out…

Explosion in Sudan port city kills four as attack on a hotel failed: medics

KHARTOUM, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion killed at least four people at a sports venue in a key Sudanese Red Sea port city, medics said Sunday. The blast took place late Saturday at a busy sporting club in Port Sudan. It was not immediately clear who was behind the…

Widow of Haiti’s slain leader speaks as political intrigue swirls

PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The widow of slain Haitian leader Jovenel Moise, who was critically wounded in the attack that claimed his life, on Saturday issued her first public remarks since the assault, calling on the nation not to “lose its way.” Martine Moise’s comments came three days after…

Covid-19: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador reports more deaths, infections

BRASILIA July 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil registered 1,205 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 532,893, the health ministry said Saturday. As many as 48,504 new cases were detected, taking the total caseload to 19,069,003, the ministry said. Brazil currently has the world’s…

US racism: 2 Confederate generals’ statues removed in Charlottesville

Workers remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, the United States, July 10, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] CHARLOTTSVILLE (Virginia, US), July 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two Confederate generals’ statues were removed on Saturday from public parks in Charlottesville, eastern U.S. state Virginia, almost four years after a deadly far-right…

South African president calls for calm amid violence following Zuma’s incarceration

Supporters of former South African President Jacob Zuma block the highway with burning tyres during a protest in Peacevale, South Africa JOHANNESBURG, July 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday called for calm after some people looted shops and burnt trucks calling for the release of former…

Algerian newly-appointed prime minister tests positive for coronavirus

Benabderrahmane’s dual function means that Algeria will have to do without its prime minister and finance minister for at least a week ALGIERS, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane, who was appointed to this position on June 30, has been infected with coronavirus. “Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane…

Covid-19: Cuba adopts new sanitary measures for national travelers

People wearing masks walk on a street in Havana HAVANA, July 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health announced a new series of sanitary measures for Cubans traveling in the country, which will enter into force on July 15 with the aim of containing the spread of COVID-19. The…