Benin feels ‘heard’ after France votes to return looted artefacts
COTONOU, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A vote by French lawmakers to return 26 prized artefacts looted in Benin in the…
Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro says he ended Car Wash graft probe as “government now corruption-free”
BRASILIA, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro saidthat he has ended the country’s biggest-ever corruption probe,“Operation Car Wash,”…
Covid-19: Europe passes 6 million confirmed cases
PARIS, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Europe has registered more than six million confirmed cases of novel coronavirus since it first…
Despite virus shutdown, North Korea to stage huge parade
PYONGYANG, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight months into a strict, coronavirus-triggered border shutdown, nuclear-armed North Korea is widely expected to…
Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovskaya on Russia’s wanted list: ministry
MOSCOW, Oct 8, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is on Russia’s wanted list on a criminal charge,…
US unrest: Police officer charged with George Floyd murder released on bail
MINNESOTA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The police officer charged with killing George Floyd, the African American whose death sparked a…
Kuwait’s parliament approves Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as crown prince
Sheikh Mishaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah KUWAIT CITY, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) approved Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber…
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico, heads towards US
CANCUN (Mexico), Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hurricane Delta regained strength as it headed towards the United States after lashing Mexico’sCaribbean…
Covid could add to 2 million per year stillbirth toll: UN
PARIS, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost two million babies are stillborn every year — one every 16 seconds — the…
Covid-19: New daily cases top 4,000 in Germany, not seen since April
BERLIN, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New cases of coronavirus infections in Germany have soared past 4,000, official data showed, reaching…