Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack army base in Baidoa, hours after hotel siege in capital Mogadishu
At least ten people were killed during the attack MOGADISHU, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed…
Death Valley hits 54.4 degrees Celsius, hottest in US since 1913
LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Temperatures in Death Valley, located between the U.S. states of California and Nevada, reached…
Update: Sixteen killed, dozens injured in Somalia hotel attack
MOGADISHU, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 16 people including a police officer were killed and dozens injured after the…
Colombia: UN condemns massacre of young people in Nariño, Leiva
BOGOTA, Aug 17 (NNN-TELESUR) — The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia condemned the…
Covid-19: Argentina’s social distancing extended until Aug 30; daily infections are above 7,000
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 17 (NNN-MER4COPRESS) — Argentina extended until Aug 30 restrictions taken against the coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said,…
Covid-19: Health care workers in Peru protest demanding better pay and working conditions
LIMA, Aug 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Health care workers in Peru held a demonstration demanding better pay and working conditions as…
Brasil: Pres Bolsonaro’s approval ratings on the rise while disapproval plunges ten points
BRASILIA, Aug 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro received the best approval rating of his term, boosted by his…
Covid-19: ‘Virus does not exists” hundreds protest in Madrid against restrictions
MADRID, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chanting “freedom”, hundreds of people rallied in Madrid to protest against the mandatory use of…
Covid-19: Ghana announces reopening of tertiary institutions amid pandemic
President Nana Akufo-Addo ACCRA, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said that tertiary institutions in the…
Covid-19: Over 30 countries’ daily cases surpass 1,000 – WHO
GENEVA, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than 30 countries reported a daily COVID-19 caseload over 1,000, according to a report…