Covid-19: Migrant school forced online unites children on Mexico border

MATAMOROS (Mexico), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Standing in her kitchen Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to the math lesson she is teaching. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in…

Death toll rises to 88 in attack in northwest Nigeria: police

KANO (Nigeria), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state said that the death toll from an attack by a gang of cattle thieves on seven villages Thursday had risen to 88. “Initially 66 bodies were recovered but 22 more have been found,” Kebbi police spokesman Nafiu Abubakar…

Covid-19: Argentina and Cuba to join forces against the coronavirus pandemic

HAVANA, May 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Health authorities of Cuba and Argentina ratified their mutual commitment to strengthening cooperative relations in biotechnology to improve the quality of life of people in both countries, it was announced. Cuba’s Health Minister José Ángel Portal and his Argentine counterpart Carla Vizzotti Friday signed a…

Covid-19: Case of covid-related “black fungus” concerns Uruguayan doctors

MONTEVIDEO, May 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguayan scientists have reported the appearance of a case of mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, a rare infection that began to be reported in India as a disease associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Professor Henry Albornoz indicated that he was treating a man under 50 years…

Pro-Palestinian rally in Washington seeks end to US aid to Israel

WASHINGTON, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 rallied Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians and calling for an end to US aid to Israel. The demonstration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire that ended 11 days of intense fighting between Israel and the…

Nigeria: 14 kidnapped students freed – police

KANO (Nigeria), May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen students from a university in northwestern Nigeria were freed on Saturday, 40 days after being kidnapped, a local police spokesman said. Such seizures have become a frequent way for criminals to collect ransoms, with more than 700 abductions since December. “Fourteen students of…

Update: Colombian army tightens grip on Cali after protests leave 13 dead

BOGOTA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Colombian army tightened its control over Cali, the country’s third largest city, after the latest anti-government protests left at least 13 people dead. The city’s streets were largely deserted after clashes late Friday pitted police against armed civilians. The country is in the second…

Covid-19: Spain lifts ban on cruise ship arrivals from June 7

MADRID, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International cruise ships will be able to dock in Spanish ports from June 7, the Spanish government said, lifting a ban imposed when the Covid-19 pandemic began. The measure will be lifted due to the easing of the virus in Europe where most cruise passengers…

Mali’s new president heads to ECOWAS over double coup

BAMAKO, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — West African leaders will meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss a response to Mali’s second coup in nine months, with the new president Colonel Assimi Goita attending. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) invited Goita to come to Ghana’s capital Accra for…

US: 7 believed dead in Tennessee small plane crash

WASHINGTON, May 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — A small jet carrying seven people crashed into a Tennessee lake on Saturday, killing all on board, authorities said later in the day. The Cessna C501 plane crashed into Percy Priest Lake on Saturday morning, shortly after departing from nearby Smyrna airport, the Federal Aviation…