Update: Deaths reported as tornado razes Czech homes; twister also hits Poland

PRAGUE, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An unknown number of people died and dozens were injured after a tornado razed houses to the ground in the Czech Republic’s southeast on Thursday, rescuers said. “Unfortunately we can confirm there have been victims, but I can’t tell you the exact number,” local emergency…

South African 10 babies story not true, official inquiry finds

 PRETORIA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A claim that South African woman Gosiame Sithole gave birth to 10 babies earlier this month is not true, an official inquiry has found. No hospitals in Gauteng province have a record of decuplets being born, the provincial government says. Medical tests show that Sithole…

US Pres Biden backs funding more police to fight crime wave

 WASHINGTON, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden has unveiled a plan that includes funding more police to combat a nationwide surge in homicides, which he blamed on lax gun control. He said officials in high crime areas can hire more law-enforcement personnel using coronavirus relief funding. Biden’s crime-fighting…

Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at former residential school for indigenous students

A makeshift memorial has grown around the site of a former Kamloops residential school REGINA (Saskatchewan, Canada), June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An indigenous nation in Canada says it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan. The Cowessess First Nation said the discovery was…

Brexit: EU citizens given 28-day deadline to apply to stay in UK

LONDON, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Immigration enforcement officials will begin giving EU citizens who live in the UK a 28-day warning to apply to remain, the government says. But the Home Office will allow people indefinite time to complete an application for settled status if they have a reasonable excuse for…

Czech Republic: Powerful tornado sweeps through villages; 150 injured

Half of the village of Hrusky was destroyed, a local official said  PRAGUE, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A powerful tornado has swept through several villages in the south-eastern Czech Republic, injuring 150 people and causing major damage, local media say. Thursday’s storm blew off roofs from a number of buildings…

North-East Nigeria conflict has caused deaths of 324,000 children under 5: UN

 ABUJA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of some 324,000 children under five, mostly from disease and hunger, the UN reported.  Previous data showed that Boko Haram militants, who launched an insurgency in 2009 that has since spread to neighbouring countries, have killed…

Update: 3 dead, as many as 99 missing after Miami-area condo building partially collapses

Rubble hangs from a partially collapsed building in Surfside north of Miami BeacH SURFSIDE (Florida, US), June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people have died and up to 99 are missing after a multi-story building partially collapsed in southern Florida’s Miami-Dade County early Thursday morning.. Champlain Tower South —…

One dead after Florida apartment block partially collapses

Some residents were able to walk down the stairs to safety while others had to be rescued from their balconies MIAMI, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 12-storey oceanfront apartment block in Florida partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring at least 10 as it sparked a major emergency…

Togo inaugurates largest solar plant in West Africa

LOME, June 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Togo launched on Tuesday the largest solar plant in West Africa, some 250 km north of capital city Lomé. Located in central Togo, this 50 megawatt facility will provide power to more than 158,000 households and save more than one million tonnes of CO2 emissions.The…