Covid-19: Botswana extends curfew as new strain detected
GABORONE, Jan 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Botswana announced extension of nighttime curfew up to Jan 31 following the emergence of…
Brazil wildfires surge again in 2020, a decade-high
BRASILIA, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent last year to a decade-high, according…
Brexit: UK’s plans to be tested as festive period ends
LONDON, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain faced the first true test of its Brexit preparations on Monday, with thousands of…
Covid-19: Zimbabwe reintroduces national lockdown as cases surge
HARARE, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s government imposeda national lockdown with immediate effect, following a surge in Covid-19cases, creating a…
Covid-19: US officials reject Pres Trump claims on ‘exaggerated’ toll, defend vaccine rollout
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US officials rejected outgoing Pres Donald Trump’s claim that the national Covid-19 death toll of…
Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia agree to more Nile dam talks
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agreed to hold further talks this month, hoping to resolve…
Update: Seventh body found in Norway mudslide, three still missing
OSLO, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers have uncovered a seventh body from a landslide that buried homes in a…
US shooting: Pastor dead, others wounded in Texas church – governor
DALLAS (Texas, US), Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shooting Sunday morning in a church in northeastern Texas left one person…
Update: A hundred killed in attacks on two western Niger villages – mayor
NIAMEY, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 100 people were killed by “terrorists” attacking two villages in western Niger, the local…
Covid-19: Canada surges from 500,000 to 600,000 cases in two weeks
MONTREAL, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada surpassed the grim milestone of 600,000 coronavirus cases Sunday, two weeks after passing half…