Tunisia hopes Libya stability could bring economic relief

BEN GUERDANE (Tunisia), July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After years of war in Libya, Tunisian traders celebrated the reopening of the border with their oil-rich North African neighbour as a positive sign they hoped would stimulate economic growth. In the hardscrabble Tunisian coastal town of Ben Guerdane, some 30 kilometres from…

Covid-19: Italy breaks up fake EU pass schemes

MILAN, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian police said they had broken up a number of online schemes offering to sell fake European Union digital COVID-19 status certificates or purported coronavirus vaccines. The investigation, coordinated by the cybercrime prosecutor’s office in Milan, showed that thousands of people were ready to pay…

US Pres Biden orders probe after massive ransomware attack potentially hit 1,000 businesses

US President Joe Biden has ordered an investigation into the attacks CENTRAL LAKE (Michigan), July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A ransomware attack on a US IT company potentially targeted 1,000 businesses, researchers said, with one of Sweden’s biggest supermarket chains revealing it had to temporarily close around 800 stores after losing…

Peru’s government rejects Fujimori call for international audit for Jun 6 poll

Peru’s presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori addresses the media LIMA, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s government rejected a request by presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori to seek an international audit of its June 6 election, leaving her with few recourses to overturn the apparent lead over her rival candidate Pedro Castillo. The Minister…

Thousands protest in Burkina Faso over jihadist attacks

OUAGADOUGOU, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday to call for a tougher government response to a wave of jihadist attacks that has destabilised the West African country in recent years. Some had travelled hundreds of kilometres to attend the opposition-led demonstration…

US administers nearly 330 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC

WASHINGTON, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has administered 329,970,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 383,067,560 doses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 328,809,470 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms…

Brazilians demonstrate against Bolsonaro, slow COVID-19 vaccine roll-out

A woman takes part in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sao Paulo. Her mask reads “Out Bolsonaro” BRASILIA, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protesters took to the streets in Brazil demanding the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro and more vaccines to fight the…

Hurricane Elsa speeds through Caribbean, three dead

Tropical Storm Elsa has packed maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h SANTO DOMINGO, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tropical Storm Elsa has battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it sped through the Caribbean, killing at least three people. The storm was…

Gunmen kill 7 persons in attacks in NW Nigeria

KADUNA, July 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least seven persons were killed in separate gunmen attacks on communities in northwestern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, an official said. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Chikun, Kajuru and Giwa areas of Kaduna since Friday, killing civilians, said Samuel Aruwan, the state’s commissioner for…

Peruvian police seize 236 kg of cocaine destined for Belgium

Police in Belgium have seized 27.64 tons of cocaine at the port of Antwerp since February LIMA, July 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Peru’s security forces seized a shipment of 236 kilograms of cocaine at the port of the coastal province of Callao, the Anti-Drug Directorate of the National Police reported on…