US issues safety alert for 10 Kenya Airways Boeing planes

NAIROBI, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya Airways will be forced to inspect afresh the engines of its 10 Boeing 737 New Generation aircraft after the US aviation regulator warned that they could stall mid-air after being grounded for months. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) said the Boeing 737NG aircraft that…

Zimbabwe: Pres Mnangagwa vows to ‘flush out’ opponents

HARARE, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Zimbabwe’s president has vowed to “flush out” his opponents as anger with his government grows over alleged corruption and economic mismanagement. Attempts by “a few rogue Zimbabweans” to destabilise the country in “league with foreign detractors” would be overcome, Pres Emmerson Mnangagwa added. In a televised address, Mnangagwa…

US: Tropical Storm Isaias lashes east coast, killing at least four

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is one of the seaside towns hit by floods WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Deadly Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power to millions on the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane. Two people died when a tornado struck a mobile home park. At…

Spain puzzles over ex-King Juan Carlos’s whereabouts

MADRID, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There is intense speculation in the Spanish media about the whereabouts of embattled ex-King Juan Carlos, after his shock announcement on Monday that he was leaving the country. The 82-year-old, who is the subject of a corruption probe, announced the move in a letter on the…

Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes

POCONE (Brazil), Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation of the Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, as firefighters race to contain the blazes that have been devastating one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. The Brazilian Pantanal suffered a record 1,684 fires last…

Pres Trump says US generals tell him Beirut blast ‘bomb of some kind’

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that US generals had told him that the powerful explosions which rocked Beirut appeared to have been caused by a “bomb of some kind.” “It looks like a terrible attack,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “It would seem like…

US Pres Trump calls for slice of TikTok deal draws fire

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump defended his demand for the US government to get a piece of the action to let Microsoft or any other company here buy popular China-based social media app TikTok. Trump’s stance was slammed by critics who said it appears unconstitutional and akin…

Election 2020: Pres Trump launch battle to stop vote-by-mail, say it favour Democrat rival

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – President Donald Trump has launched a battle against mail-in voting in the 2020 elections, which health experts say is crucial to limiting the spread of coronavirus, but which he fears would favor Democratic rival Joe Biden. Facing an uphill fight for reelection, Trump said he…

Rare disease causing paralysis in children likely to return in US: experts

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A rare neurological condition that mostly affects children and mysteriously returns every two years is likely to flare up in the coming weeks and months, US health authorities warned. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it “anticipates that 2020 will be…

US tests intercontinental ballistic missile

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Statessuccessfully tested an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinentalballistic missile (ICBM) in a launch directed from an airborne commandcenter, the Air Force said. The missile was launched at 12:21 am Tuesday from Vandenberg AirForce Base in California, travelling 6,700 kilometers over the Pacific Ocean before…