Nigeria condemns attack on embassy in Jakarta by its citizens living in Indonesia
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA/JAKARTA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s government has condemned Thursday’s attack on its embassy in Indonesia’s…
Covid-19: South Africans call for school closure as students test positive for coronavirus
204 students tested positive at a boarding school in South Africa PRETORIA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Calls for the closure…
Hundreds killed in Mali as security deteriorates – UN
GENEVA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations’ human rights chief says 580 civilians have been killed so far this…
Russia plans to take first tourist on space walk in 2023
MOSCOW, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s Energia space corporation said it will take the first tourist on a space walk…
Covid-19: Europe-wide study shows child deaths ‘extremely rare’
PARIS, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fewer than one in a hundred children who test positive for COVID-19 end up dying…
Covid-19: Kenyan police fire on protesting motorcycle taxi drivers killing 3
NAIROBI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan police killed three people when they fired on a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers…
US restricts visas to Chinese officials over Hong Kong
WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it was restricting visas to a number of Chinese officials forinfringing…
Covid-19: Up to 8% of US population has been infected with virus – officials
WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Between five and eight percent of the total US population has experienced infection with the…
Covid-19: Over $30 bn needed to develop tests, treatments, vaccines – WHO
GENEVA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization saidthat a global initiative to speed up the development andproduction of…
Covid-19: Russia’s cases up 6,800 to 620,794
MOSCOW, June 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — Russia has confirmed 6,800 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total…