Irish haulier pleads guilty over Vietnamese truck deaths in UK
39 Vietnamese nationals were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near London last year LONDON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Covid-19: Berlin braces for ‘anti-corona’ demonstration
BERLIN, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of coronavirus sceptics are set to descend on Berlin on Saturday for a mass…
Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia fail to agree on draft deal on Nile dam
The Blue Nile River flows near the site of the planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa, Ethiopia KHARTOUM, Aug…
Update: Nigeria launches investigation into helicopter crash that killed 2
ABUJA, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian authorities said they have launched an investigation into a helicopter crash which claimed two…
Covid-19: Four at Republican GOP convention in city of Charlotte test positive for coronavirus
Four people involved with the Republican National Convention tested positive for covid-19 WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two attendees of…
Mali coup: West Africa leaders call for 12-month transition
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan (l), led the Ecowas mission to Mali BAMAKO, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali’s West African…
Nigeria: Helicopter crashes into Lagos building, kills two
Two persons died as result of the crash while one person survived. LAGOS, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents living in…
Fourteen killed in wake of Hurricane Laura in US
LAKE CHARLES (United States), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 14 people were killed after Hurricane Laura slammed into the…
Covid-19: European Commission agrees to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission (EC) has signed an agreement with the pharmaceutical AstraZeneca for the purchase…
US unrest: George Floyd family urge ‘March On Washington’ protesters to ‘be his legacy’
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The sister of George Floyd, whose death in police custody sparked months of racial turmoil across the…