Austrian MPs blocks EU-Mercosur trade deal with South America
VIENNA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — MPs in Austria have dealt a blow to the EU’s landmark trade deal with South…
China’s new mega-airport ready to open
An aeriel view of the striking new Beijing Daxing International Airport BEIJING, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China is poised to…
US, Chinese trade deputies face off in Washington amid deep differences
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators resumed face-to-face talks for the first time in nearly…
Update: Peter Magombeyi, Zimbabwe union leader found after ‘abduction’
HARARE, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Zimbabwean union leader who was thought to have been abducted is alive and well,…
ECOWAS parliament calls for reversal of Nigeria’s borders closure
ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — The recent closure of the Nigerian borders with West African neighbours might hamper the implementation…
Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools as haze worsens
KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of schools have been ordered closed across Malaysia and Indonesia on Thursday, affecting…
Congo president’s $19m seized in San Marino after ‘spending more than $2m on watches and crocodile shoes’
President of the Republic of Congo- Brazzaville, Denis Sassous Nguesso SAN MARINO, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of Africa’s longest-serving…
Update: Day of mourning declared after Liberia fire
MONROVIA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Liberia’s President George Weah has declared Thursday a national day of mourning following a deadly…
Nigerian Army denies claims Maiduguri is under attack
ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES0 — The Nigerian Army has denied reports that Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, is under attack.…
US drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
People attend the funeral of victims of a US drone strike in Khogyani district KABUL, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A…