4, including child, killed in Zimbabwe army helicopter crash

HARARE, April 25 (NNN-Xinhua) – Four people were killed after an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter crashed into a house in Arcturus, 32 km east of the capital Harare. The four victims were two pilots and a technician onboard as well as a child on the ground, the AFZ…

Covid-19: Canada PM Trudeau and wife get AstraZeneca jabs

OTTAWA, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on Friday, seeking to reassure Canadians it is safe despite very rare but serious blood clots in a handful of cases among millions vaccinated. The Canadian leader arrived at an Ottawa pharmacy…

Covid-19: One billion jabs – a pin-prick of hope for humanity

PARIS, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On Dec 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world’s first Covid vaccination — a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for humanity after a devastating pandemic year. Six months on, nearly one billion Covid…

Covid-19: Johnson & Johnson to resume roll-out of vaccine in Europe with safety warning

J&J said a new package label will include a warning on the risk of the rare side effect and instructions on how to recognize and treat it AMSTERDAM, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Johnson & Johnson said it will resume rolling out its COVID-19 vaccine in Europe after the region’s medical…

UN seeks nearly US$30 million in volcano aid for St Vincent

UNITED NATIONS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations launched an appeal for donations of more than US$29 million to help Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following several devastating volcanic eruptions that have turned the landscape of the Caribbean nation “apocalyptic”. The La Soufriere volcano erupted for the first time…

US shooting: Columbus police show video of officer fatally shooting teenage girl

COLUMBUS (US), April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police shot and killed a teenage girl in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd. Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl as she appeared to attempt to…

Black Lives Matter: Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict a ‘giant step’ toward justice in the United States, says Pres Biden

US President Joe Biden speaks after a jury reached guilty verdicts in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin stemming from George Floyd’s deadly arrest, at the White House WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden called the guilty verdict in the trial of a former…

Covid-19: Ailing Germany scrambles to pass national virus law

BERLIN, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German parliament will vote on Wednesday on a controversial law amendment that would give Angela Merkel’s government power to impose tougher measures including school closures and disputed night-time curfews to curb the coronavirus pandemic. With the country buckling under a third wave of the…

Covid-19: Colombia greenlights private sector to buy and apply vaccines

BOGOTA, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES — Colombia gave the green light for the private sector to buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines under certain conditions, in a bid to expand the country’s slow-moving immunization campaign. President Ivan Duque said in his daily television address that after several studies, the ministry of health…

Millions of Americans are jobless, yet firms struggle to hire

WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of American remain jobless, but even as the economy reopens some employers are finding hiring an unexpected challenge. From fears of being infected with the coronavirus to trouble finding childcare to the lure of generous unemployment…