All aboard survive after Russian plane makes emergency landing – Russian officials

Antonov planes seen at an airport Elizovo outside Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia MOSCOW, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All people on board the An-28 plane that disappeared on radar earlier on Friday have been found alive after the aircraft made an emergency landing in Russia’s Tomsk region, officials said. Two children were among…

Update: Huge floods leave at least 110 dead in Europe

BERLIN, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 110 on Friday, most in western Germany where emergency responders were frantically searching for missing people. Adding to the devastation, several more were feared dead in a landslide in northern Germany on Friday…

African leaders mobilize vaccines, finance at Abidjan summit

Leaders gather for the IDA for Africa summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several African leaders attended the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa summit in Abidjan to discuss ways to support economic recovery on the continent after the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.Many countries,…

Meet the woman running to become Somali president: Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam

Mogadishu, Somalia´s former Deputy Prime Minister Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam  MOGADISHU, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — When Somalia’s former Foreign Affairs minister Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam announced her candidacy for president in the next elections, the reaction in Mogadishu was mostly muted.Yet Fawzia, from a prominent family of scholars, is not…

Covid-19: Russia reports record daily deaths for fourth day running

MOSCOW, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia on Friday reported 799 coronavirus-related deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began and the fourth day in a row it has set a record. Russia is in the grip of a surge in cases that authorities have blamed on the contagious…

California blaze erupts near site of deadliest US wildfire

PULGA (California, US), July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A California fire churned through unpopulated mountain wilderness on Thursday, but posed no immediate threat to the nearby town of Paradise, site of the deadliest wildfire in recent US history. Still, survivors of the 2018 blaze worried that history could repeat itself. The Dixie…

Brazil’s president Bolsonaro doing well in hospital

President Bolsonaro tweeted a picture of himself in hospital SAO PAULO, July 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s health condition is satisfactory, but he will remain hospitalized here for treatment of an intestinal obstruction, according to a medical report released Thursday. “The president remains without discharge forecast,” said the…

About 30 possibly injured in riot at Los Angeles’ prison: report

+6 LOS ANGELES, July 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — A riot in a Los Angeles prison left possibly 30 prisoners and two prison personnel injured Thursday afternoon, local media reported. Castaic’s Pitchess Detention Center, commonly referred to as the Wayside jail, is located in Santa Clarita city 63 km northeast of Los…

US Pres Biden raises concerns about Nord Stream 2 to Chancellor Merkel, warning Russia not to weaponize energy

US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — U.S. President Joe Biden raised his concerns to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, warning…

White House says 20,000 Afghan interpreters asking for US asylum

 WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 20,000 Afghans who worked as interpreters for the United States during its war in Afghanistan and now fear retribution from Taliban insurgents have applied for evacuation, the White House said.   “There are approximately 20,000 Afghans who have applied,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.  …