US shooting1: Suspect detained after gunshots reported near California Christian university campus

LOS ANGELES, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities said a suspect was taken into custody after gunshots were fired near a college campus in Southern California. Azusa Pacific University issued a shelter-in-place order for students and employees on Sunday afternoon after shots were reported after 1 p.m. local time. The Christian…

US shooting: 3 dead, multiple people injured after shooting at graduation party in Miami-Dade area

Detectives cross the street near the Miami-Dade Kendall Campus in Miami, Florida MIAMI (Florida, US), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people were fatally shot and multiple others were injured early Sunday in the second mass shooting to erupt on consecutive weekends in Miami-Dade County, according to police. The…

Mexico holds historic midterm elections

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico began midterm elections on Sunday with the opening of about 161,000 polling stations throughout the country, with about 90 million people eligible to vote to fill more than 20,000 public positions. At 8:00 a.m. local time, polling…

Covid-19: Germany fights trade in fake vaccine certificates

A genuine Covid vaccination form in Berlin BERLIN, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A German police force has set up a special team to combat a growing black market in forged vaccine certificates. Police in Cologne told the broadcaster ARD that fraudsters were communicating via an encrypted messenger service which makes investigations difficult. They…

Denmark Parliament approves giant artificial island off Copenhagen

What the new island of Lynetteholm, off Copenhagen in Denmark, would look like COPENHAGEN,  June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs. The giant island, named Lynetteholm, would be…

Nicaragua detains another opposition presidential hopeful

MANAGUA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Nicaragua took opposition politician Arturo Cruz into custody, detaining a second presidential hopeful in less than a week. Cruz was seized Saturday at the Managua airport upon return from the United States, on accusations of acting “against Nicaraguan society and the rights of…

At least 138 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attacks since 2015

OUAGADOUGOU, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso’s volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced the Saturday attack near the borders with Mali and…

Covid-19: US, India, China account for 60% of 2 billion vaccine doses distributed globally – WHO

UNITED NATIONS, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Of the two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally till now, about 60 per cent have gone to just three countries – the US, India and China, a senior adviser at the World Health Organisation said. Senior Advisor to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…

Russian Pres Putin says wants to find ways with Biden to improve ties

SAINT PETERSBURG, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is hoping to improve deeply damaged ties with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month. The face-to-face meeting in Geneva on June 16 comes amid the biggest crisis…

Drought-hit California scales up plan to truck salmon to ocean

OROVILLE (California, US), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California is scaling up a drastic operation to help its famous Chinook salmon reach the Pacific — transporting the fry by road in dozens of large tanker trucks. The tasty migratory fish…