Thousands more evacuated from site of Indian oil well blast

Environmentalists have warned of the danger of a catastrophe at the site of an Indian oil well explosion TINSUKIA (India), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 7,000 people have been evacuated from the surrounds of a deadly oil well explosion in northeast India, authorities said, as environmentalists warned local wildlife was…

Knife crime looms larger than virus in Greek refugee camp

Children play outside the tents at a migrant and refugee camp where cases affected by the COVID-19 were detected, on the Greek mediterranean island of Lesbos LESBOS ISLAND (Greece), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Inside Greece’s largest asylum-seeker camp on the island of Lesbos, the coronavirus is an oft-heard threat that…

Statue of Scouts founder Baden-Powell to be taken down in Britain

The statue of Baden-Powell LONDON, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A local authority in southern England said it would remove a statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide Scout movement, the latest memorial to be taken down in the wake of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. The…

Covid-19: Brazil deaths top 40,000, 1.5m cases in Latin America

Activists from the Brazilian NGO Rio de Paz (Peace Rio), dig 100 mock graves on Copacabana beach symbolizing deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil has surpassed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 800,000 cases, according to the latest…

Covid-19: Chile’s cases climb past 154,000 in 100 days

SANTIAGO, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile on Thursday exceeded 154,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 2,600 deaths, one hundred days after the outbreak began and with the health service straining under massive admissions numbers. “It has been a very hard 100 days,” health minister Jaime Manalich told reporters…

Covid-19: 170 police officers die of coronavirus in Peru – Minister

Peru has lost at least 170 police officers to the disease LIMA, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 170 police officers in Peru have died after contracting the coronavirus while enforcing the South American nation’s pandemic lockdown, the interior minister said. Almost 10,000 officers have been infected with the disease…

US to continue reducing military forces in Iraq in months

US troops were deployed in Iraq from 2014 to head a military coalition fighting the Daesh group WASHINGTON, June 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States will continue reducing its military presence in Iraq over the coming months, said a joint statement issued by the United States and Iraq. The two…

UN agency hopes to reach 11.1 mln people in Afghanistan with aid

Fragile Afghan health system receives ventilators, defibrillators, oxygen regulators, test kits, other items from Turkey UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — With the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on top of armed conflict and natural disasters in Afghanistan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday…

Thousands of Lebanese protest against dire living conditions

People burn tyres during a protest in Lebanon’s northern city Tripoli BEIRUT, June 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thousands of Lebanese took to the streets on Thursday night to protest against the hike in the price of US dollar to the Lebanese pound and the deteriorating economic situation, the National News Agency…

Ivory Coast army says 12 soldiers killed and seven wounded in cross-border attack

Ivory Coast soldiers ABIDJAN, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 12 Ivorian soldiers were killed and other seven wounded in an attack at a northern border post near Burkina Faso early on Thursday, a senior officer at the Ivorian army chief of staff office said. Two other gendarmes are reported missing,…