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 their long-running dispute over the latter’s huge dam on the Blue Nile, Sudan’s water ministry said. Previous three-way talks have failed to produce an agreement on the filling and operation…

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 village near Norway’s capital, police said, with a two-year-old girl and her father among the dead. The tragedy occurred early on Wednesday when houses were destroyed and shifted hundreds of…

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 dead and others wounded, officials said. Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed in a statement that a suspect had been apprehended after the shooting in the Starrville Methodist Church in the…

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 mayor said, the latest in a string of civilian massacres that have rocked the jihadist-plagued Tillaberi region. The attacks on the villages of Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumadareye on Saturday were…

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 a million, underscoring the pandemic’s persistence in the country during the end-of-year holiday period. On Sunday afternoon, Canada recorded 601,314 Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic and 15,860…

US: Outgoing Pres Trump request to ‘find’ votes for him to overturn Biden win sparks political uproar

WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The release by US media of a stunning audio tape in which President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn his election defeat there to Democrat Joe Biden sent shockwaves across Washington. The tape, a rebel push by scores…

Covid-19: Lockdowns, curfews, alcohol bans as nations fight resurgent virus

PARIS, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries across the world tightenedrestrictions on their populations to fight a resurgence in thecoronavirus, as the European Union offered to help drug companies expandvaccine production to improve distribution “bottlenecks”. From local curfews, to alcohol bans and complete lockdowns, governmentsare trying to tackle a surge in…

Scotland must wait a generation for new independence vote: British PM Johnson

LONDON, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Another Scottish independence referendum should not take place for a generation, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, as Scotland’s leader renewed calls for a fresh vote in the wake of Brexit. “Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events,”…

Norway landslide: Sixth body found, four still missing -authorities

OSLO, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers have uncovered a sixth body from a landslide that buried homes in a village near Norway’s capital Oslo, police said, with four people still missing. The body was recovered just before 1 pm (1200 GMT) Sunday, a police statement said. Rescue teams still…

EU denounces conditions for migrants in Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The living conditions of hundreds ofhomeless migrants in Bosnia, bordering the European Union, are “completely unacceptable”, EU envoy Johann Sattler said. The migrants have been left homeless in freezing and rainy conditionssince their camp near the northwestern town of Bihac burned down last month. “The…