UN re-opens Nigerian office after bombing
The UN office in Nigeria was closed down in 2011 after a car bomb attack ABUJA, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Update: China says no confirmation yet on UK truck victims’ nationality
BEIJING, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British police have yet to confirm that the 39 people found dead in a truck near London…
Evacuations as wildfire roars through California wine country
A home is engulfed in flames as wind and embers rip through an area near Geyserville GEYSERVILLE (California, US), Oct…
Storm-hit areas in Japan brace for heavy rains, 60,000 advised to evacuate
A man walks with his son near flooded houses, in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, in Yanagawamachi district TOKYO, Oct…
Egypt, Ethiopia leaders discuss controversial Nile dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam SOCHI (Russia), Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia and Egypt’s leaders met on the sidelines of Russia’s…
Brazil says it will no longer require visas from Chinese, Indian citizens
BRASILIA, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said the South American nation will drop its requirement that visiting…
UK PM Johnson offers Dec 12 election to break Brexit impasse
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson LONDON, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered parliament more time to scrutinise…
US vaping-related deaths rise to 34, cases of illness to 1,604
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. health officials reported 1,604 confirmed and probable cases and one new death from a…
UN to probe abuses in Chile as protest death toll hits 18
A demonstrator in Santiago holds a sign reading “Chile has awakened” SANTIAGO, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations said…
France loses diesel pollution fight in EU court
Judges of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s top court ruled on Thursday…