Mexico: 215 bodies found in mass graves

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 215 bodies were found between January and May in nine mass graves near Guadalajara, in Mexico’s Jalisco state, authorities said. State prosecutor Gerardo Octavio Solis told a virtual press conference that “215 bodies have been found in (mass) graves, of which a…

Three killed, three injured in Britain stabbing rampage

READING (United Kingdom), June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were killed and three seriously injured when an assailant went on a stabbing rampage in a park filled with people relaxing in the southern English city of Reading on Saturday, police said. The Thames Valley Police said they had launched a…

US: Pres Trump holds fiery rally but crowd disappoints

TULSA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump returned Saturday to one of his favorite spots — a campaign rally stage — defying the pandemic and attacking Democratic rivals at an event with crowds far smaller than promised. Gathering his political faithful for a much-hyped rally in Oklahoma, his…

Top US State Department aide resigns over Pres Trump’s response to racial unrest

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of the highest-ranking African Americans in the administration delivered a stinging rebuke to President Trump’s handling of racial unrest, announcing her resignation and accusing the president of confronting the country’s recent upheaval in ways that “cut sharply against my core values and convictions.” Mary…

Burundi’s new president vows to unite nation isolated over rights abuses

Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration ceremony as Burundi’s new president GITEGA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi’s new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, promised to unite a country that has been cut off by aid donors due to rampant human rights abuses, after he was sworn in early following the sudden death of…

DRC President’s Chief of Staff Vital Kamerhe guilty of corruption; sentenced to 20 years imprisonment

KINSHASA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has found President Felix Tshisekedi’s chief of staff guilty of corruption. Vital Kamerhe was sentenced to 20 years’ hard labour on Saturday, after facing charges of embezzling almost $50m of public funds. The judge presiding over the case was murdered…

US: Crowds gather for Pres Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally despite coronavirus fears

The Trump campaign said it had received more than a million ticket requests for the rally TULSA (Oklahoma, US), June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Supporters of US President Donald Trump have gathered in Oklahoma for his first rally since March, when the US coronavirus lockdown began. However, organisers cancelled an “overflow” event…

Controversial Lenin statue erected in German city

The statue was unveiled next to a poster that reads: ‘Don’t give anti-communism a chance’ BERLIN, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A far-left party in Germany has erected a controversial statue of communist leader Vladimir Lenin. The tiny Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) installed the statue in front of its headquarters in the…

Covid-19: Pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day, and nearly half of them in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.“The world is in a new and dangerous…

Ugandan govt selects avocado as high value export crop

‘The global demand for avocado is estimated at 28 million metric tonnes annually’ KAMPALA, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ugandan government has selected avocado as one of the high economic potential crops beside coffee that will be promoted and grown throughout the country for export purposes. This was revealed during…