Kosovo parliament elects Vjosa Osmani as new national president

The newly elected Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani PRISTINA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo’s parliament has appointed a 38-year-old U.S.-educated female law professor and candidate of the ruling Vetevendosje party as the country’s new president, following an election in February. Vjosa Osmani took over as acting president of Kosovo last November…

Brazil seeks US$1 billion in foreign aid to curb Amazon deforestation: Environmental minister

SAO PAULO, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s environment minister wants US$1 billion in foreign aid from countries including the United States to help reduce deforestation in the Amazon between 30 per cent and 40 per cent. “The plan is US$1 billion over 12 months,” the minister, Ricardo Salles, told the newspaper…

UK arrests over 100 in protests against policing Bill

LONDON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British police said that 107 people were arrested in London during demonstrations against government plans to increase police powers. Thousands marched in towns and cities across the country on Saturday to protest the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, defying coronavirus restrictions. Police said the…

Venezuela to ask UN for help in clearing land mines near Colombian border

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro CARACAS, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela will ask the United Nations to help remove landmines in its territory that it says have been deployed by “irregular” armed groups near the Colombian border, President Nicolas Maduro said. Maduro’s government on Thursday said two soldiers were killed by…

US shuts once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners

U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, also known as “Gitmo” WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention centre that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the US military said. The prisoners at…

Covid-19: Colombian president announces new restrictive measures to slow spread of pandemic

BOGOTA, April 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Colombian President Ivan Duque announced new restrictive measures for several Colombian cities where the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise and the occupancy of intensive care units (ICUs) is over 70 percent. “The national government, headed by the Ministries of Health and the…

Covid-19: 1st shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Libya’s Tripoli

TRIPOLI, April 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Libyan Minister of Health Ali Zanati announced that a shipment of 101,250 dozes of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, provided by the United Arab Emirates, arrived in Libyan capital Tripoli. Experts supervised the distribution of the vaccine to special medicine cooling stores across the…

Two freight trains crash in Czech Republic, one dead: reports

PRAGUE, April 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two freight trains crashed into each other near a village in the northwestern Czech Republic Sunday afternoon, killing one engine driver, local media reported. The accident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. near Svetec. One train transporting LPG and the other with coal derailed after the…

Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines lifts one million plus vaccine doses from Beijing to Harare

The airline is determined to enhance its commitment to curb the spread of the pandemic ADDIS ABABA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Airlines has transported 1,056,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in a single flight.The Airlines transported the vaccines in 6 envirotainers from Beijing to Harare via Addis Ababa and arrived in Harare…

UN WFP suspends flights in northern Mozambique

Deadly attacks in the town of Palma, killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands MAPUTO, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN agency World Food Programme said it has suspended evacuation flights from northern Mozambique over security concerns, a day after French Energy giant Total shut its operations in the area.Deadly…