Europe Heatwave: Records Tumble In Belgium, Germany And The Netherlands

 BRUSSELS, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have recorded their highest ever temperatures, in a heatwave searing Western Europe. The Belgian town of Kleine Brogel hit 39.9C (102F), the hottest since 1833. The southern Dutch city of Eindhoven beat the 75-year-old national record, with a new high…

State Police Chief Killed In Helicopter Crash In Mexico

MEXICO CITY, July 25 (NNN-XINHUA) —The Secretary of Public Security of central-western Mexican state of Michoacan Jose Martin Godoy died on Wednesday along with three other people in a helicopter crash, local authorities informed. Michoacan’s state governor Silvano Aureoles confirmed the incident on Twitter and said that the other victims were another official and…

Britain, Germany condemn Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes

UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain and Germany added their voices to growing international condemnation of Israel over the demolition of Palestinian homes near Jerusalem, saying the destruction was “particularly egregious”. The five European Union members of the UN Security Council, which also include France, Belgium and Poland, released…

British PM Boris Johnson cabinet: Sajid Javid, Priti Patel and Dominic Raab given top jobs

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo courtesy of Anadolu LONDON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new-look cabinet includes Sajid Javid as chancellor and Priti Patel as home secretary among an array of prominent Brexiteers to receive top jobs. Dominic Raab is foreign secretary and first secretary…

Somalia: Six dead and Mogadishu mayor wounded in blast at his office

MOGADISHU, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadishu was wounded in a bombing at the mayoral offices in the Somali capital on Wednesday, in an attack claimed by militant group Al-Shabaab. United Nations special envoy James Swan had met the mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman,…

US Pres Trump vetoes measures blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump vetoed three congressional resolutions barring billions of dollars in weapons sales to countries including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are engaged in a devastating war in Yemen. The resolutions “would weaken America’s global competitiveness and damage the important relationships…

US judge blocks Trump administration’s new asylum rule

LOS ANGELES, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s new rule barring most immigrants from obtaining asylum in the US if they transit through Mexico. US District Judge Jon Tigar handed down his decision, which takes effect immediately, following a…

Update: Kenya’s finance minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges

NAIROBI, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges over the award of two dam tenders, a day after his detention in an unprecedented move against a sitting minister in a country notorious for graft. Rotich, together with other senior officials,…

Guatemalan Gov’t to deliver more homes to people affected by volcano

GUATEMALA CITY, July 23 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — As part of the second phase of the Guatemalan government project La Dignidad, 176 families affected by the eruption of the Volcan de Fuego volcano in 2018 will receive their homes, officila sources reported Monday. Mario Passarelli, director of the Unit for the…

Chilean President’s Popularity at Lowest Level

SANTIAGO, July 23 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — People’s support for Chilean President Sebastian Piñera’s performance has dropped to 29 percent over the past week, according to a survey published by Plaza Publica. The poll by the consulting firm Cadem, which is considered benevolent with the government, shows Piñera with 29 percent,…