French nuclear tests in Pacific: Pres Macron wants higher compensation paid to victims

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media at Papeete’s harbor PAPEETE (Tahiti), July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A quarter of a century after France’s last nuclear test in the South Pacific, President Emmanuel Macron floated the prospect of better compensation for the victims during a visit to the French territory on…

Covid-19: Zimbabwe approves Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use

HARARE, July 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Zimbabwe has approved the U.S. Johnson and Johnson Coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.It is the first vaccine produced by a Western country to be licensed in the country.Zimbabwe’s Drug Control Authority said in a letter to the government cited by journalists that the vaccine meets its quality,…

Covid-19: Algeria seeks more oxygen for coronavirus amid shortage

ALGIERS, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerians wait to receive free oxygen tanks offered by a private company in the northern city of Blida amid the coronavirus pandemic as the country has been hit by rising cases and constrained by a patchy inoculation rollout.The Delta variant caused 71% of total infections…

Covid-19: Burundi finally says it is ready to take vaccines, but with a condition

BUJUMBURA, July 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Burundi, one of the last countries in the world to start inoculating its population against Coronavirus, said it has agreed to take Covax vaccines but with a condition.The change of heart came a day after the IMF agreed in principle to a $78 million aid package…

US shooting: Gunmaker Remington offers $33m as settlement to Sandy Hook school massacre

Victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre NEWTOWN (Connecticut, US), July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The company that made a rifle used in one of the worst school shootings in the US has offered $33m to several victims’ families. The proposed settlement for the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre from Remington, America’s…

Tunisia political crisis: Nightly curfew extended by two extra hours

The curfew has been renewed every few weeks since October  TUNIS, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended the nightly curfew by two extra hours, a day after he suspended parliament. He’s also sacked more government ministers in the wake of the dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem…

Bosnian Serbs defy top UN official Inzko over genocide denial

A Bosnian Serb poster glorifies Ratko Mladic, a general jailed by a UN court for genocide SARAJEVO, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bosnian Serbs have reacted furiously to a ban on genocide denial imposed by the international official overseeing Bosnia’s 1995 peace deal. UN-appointed High Representative Valentin Inzko said the ban…

Covid-19: 4 billion shots injected worldwide

       PARIS, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 4 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, eight months after the vaccination drive started, according to latest count Thursday. Global injections have slowed slightly: this fourth billion was reached in 30 days, while it took only 26…

Floods kill 40 in north Afghanistan, 150 missing: officials

     JALALABAD (Afghanistan), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday. A rescue operation was underway to find the missing people after torrential rains overwhelmed Kamdesh…

Covid-19: Cambodia imposes night curfew in capital, provincial towns, populated areas to curb Delta variant

Cambodia appeared to have contained its coronavirus outbreak last year, but is now struggling with a rising caseload PHNOM PENH, July 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Cambodia has decided to impose a night curfew in capital Phnom Penh, provincial towns and populated areas for two weeks, starting from Friday to Aug. 12,…