US: Four homeless men killed in New York City overnight rampage

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A homeless man wielding a long metal pipe rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition, police said. Chief of Manhattan South Detectives Michael Baldassano said at a news…

37 hurt when double-decker bus overturns in south England

LONDON, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty-seven people were injured Saturday when a double-decker bus overturned in Devon in southern England.Eight had potentially serious injuries, said the Devon and Cornwall Police.The injured were being treated at local hospitals, officials said.The bus driver was cooperating and has not been charged, police said.The…

Greek PM asks Pompeo for US help to calm Turkish-Cyprus offshore tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is welcomed by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ATHENS, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the United States to use its influence to defuse tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Cyprus and Turkey are locked in a dispute over offshore…

South African public broadcaster to get $211 mln government bailout

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s cash-strapped public broadcaster will get a 3.2 billion rand government bailout, but will need to meet preconditions including identifying assets to sell, the communications ministry said. Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) would receive…

Cameroon releases 333 prisoners amid peace talks; separatists say not enough

YAOUNDE, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya said he will drop charges against 333 prisoners arrested for their alleged roles in a two-year separatist uprising, but rebel leaders dismissed the move as a political stunt and pledged to keep fighting. The announcement on Twitter comes during peace talks…

Tanzania denies hiding information on suspected Ebola cases

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania denied it was withholding information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on suspected cases of Ebola, saying it was not hiding any outbreak of the deadly disease in the country. “Ebola is known as a fast-spreading disease, whose impact can be felt…

Nigerian police to get stun guns, new rules of engagement in push to reduce deaths

Front line police officers now to carry stun guns ABUJA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian police plan to acquire stun guns and revise their rules of engagement in an effort to curb the use of deadly force, the inspector general of the force said. The West African country, which plays…

Mali government says death toll from double attack rises to 38

BAMAKO, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from attacks on two army bases in central Mali has risen to 38 from 25, defence minister Dahirou Dembélé said on state television. The double attack, carried out by unidentified assailants, was among the deadliest suffered by Malian forces this year as…

Kosovo votes amid pressure to reboot talks with Serbia

PRISTINA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo goes to the polls Sunday in anelection that could usher in new leadership at a time when stalled talks with former war foe Serbia are a source of instability in Europe. Whoever takes the reins will be under heavy pressure from the West to…

Denmark’s Copenhagen opens artificial ski slope above waste incinerator

Amager Bakke has become a landmark in Copenhagen COPENHAGEN, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Copenhill, a new artificial ski slope built on the roof of a huge waste incinerator here, was opened to the public on Friday. While the public can whizz down the 450-meter ski slope, up to 450,000 tonnes…