Covid-19: Fire, smoke, gunshots in Paraguay capital as pandemic response ignites protests

Paraguayans protest against lack of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Asuncion ASUNCION, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protesters clashed with police in Paraguay´s capital, Asuncion, as anger over the government´s handling of the coronavirus crisis boiled onto the streets and forced the resignation of the country´s health minister. Security forces fired…

Six people killed in Ukrainian bus crash in Poland

A photograph taken with a drone shows the Ukrainian bus that fell into a ditch in Kaszyce, Poland killing 6 people and injuring 40 WARSAW, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were killed and 40 others injured on Friday night when a Ukrainian bus broke through highway barriers and crashed…

Uganda on alert as desert locusts remain active in neighboring Kenya

A swarm of desert locusts in Kipsing, near Oldonyiro, in Isiolo county, Kenya KAMPALA, March 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Uganda remains on high alert as neighboring Kenya has turned into a breeding ground for the marauding desert locusts, officials said. Pius Wakabi Kasajja, Ugandan’s permanent secretary at the agriculture ministry, said…

South Africa’s Chief Justice ordered to apologise over pro-Israel comments

South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng PRETORIA, March 6 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South Africa’s Constitutional Court called on its president to apologise and withdraw pro-Israeli statements made in June, which had caused an outcry in a country strongly committed to the Palestinian cause.Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng, a devout Christian, again caused a…

Irish foreign minister to meet Iran’s Rouhani on nuclear deal

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney DUBLIN, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney is to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Sunday in his role as a UN Security Council facilitator of the nuclear deal agreed in 2015 between Iran and major world powers. Iran has…

Venezuela introduces 1,000,000 Bolivar note as hyperinflation renders most bills worthless

CARACAS, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela said it will introduce new large-denomination bolivar notes as hyperinflation renders most bills worthless, forcing citizens to turn to the US dollar for everyday transactions. The country’s central bank posted a statement on its website saying it would begin circulating the new 200,000, 500,000…

Covid-19: Morocco reports 420 new cases, 485,567 in total

RABAT, March 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Morocco registered 420 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the tally in the North African country to 485,567, the health ministry said in a statement. The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Morocco increased to 471,410 after 477 new ones were added. The death…

In revival of street movement, Algerians protest for second Friday

Algerian demonstrators march during an anti-government protest in the capital Algiers on Friday ALGIERS, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Algerians demonstrated against the political and military elite in cities across the country for a second successive Friday, as the United Nations human rights body voiced concern at what it…

Covid-19: Russia’s death toll surpasses 200,000 – Rosstat

MOSCOW, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200,000 Russians diagnosed with COVID-19 have died since the pandemic began last April, Russia’s Rosstat statistics agency said, more than double the widely cited figure used by the government’s coronavirus task force. The figures from Rosstat suggest Russia has had the third most…

Covid-19: Swiss hold ‘rare’ minute’s silence for virus victims

Laussane Cathedral watchman Renato Haeusler rings the 3,600 kilogram ‘La Clemence’ in the belfry tower to pay tribute to victims of coronavirus LAUSANNE, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Switzerland held a rare minute of silence on Friday in memory of its coronavirus victims, a year after the country’s first COVID-19 fatality.…