Plane crash in Texas kills 10 people: officials

ADDISON (Texas, US), July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A small twin-engine passenger plane crashed in Texas in the United States on Sunday, killing 10 people, officials said. “The Dallas County Medical Examiner has confirmed 10 fatalities and no survivors,” a spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas said. The National Transportation…

Brazil: Thousands protest in support of embattled justice minister

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands protested in Brazil in support of Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who is battling claims he conspired with prosecutors on his anti-corruption drive to keep former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from another presidential run. Moro, who was a powerful judge before…

‘Can’t be choosy’: 13m Brazil’s jobless take any work they can get

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Standing in line outside an employment center in Rio de Janeiro, Thaysa dos Santos says she is ready to accept any job. As one of Brazil’s 13 million unemployed, she says she cannot be “choosy.” As Latin America’s biggest economy threatens to slide…

UN chief urges action to avert climate change ‘catastrophe’

ABU DHABI, Julu 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe. “We are here because the world is facing a grave climate emergency,”Guterres told a two-day Abu Dhabi…

Honduras to mark coup anniversary with anti-government protest

TEGUCIGALPA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Hondurans will take to the streets Friday in the latest mass demonstration against President Juan Orlando Hernandez, under whose watch gang violence and corruption have made the country the epicenter of Central American migration to the United States. Officially being held to mark…

Gunman wounds two, including imam, in French mosque shooting

PARIS, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gunman opened fire outside a mosque in northwestern France on Thursday, wounding the local imam and another person, before fleeing the scene and later found dead, officials said. It was not immediately clear what motivated the incident in the port city of Brest in…

Iran warns Trump against ‘illusion’ of short war

TEHRAN, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran’s foreign minister warned US President Donald Trump he was mistaken to think a war between their countries would be short, as Washington sought NATO’s help to build an anti-Tehran coalition. The latest developments in the Iran-US standoff came as a diplomatic source in Vienna…

US Pres Trump plays nice as divisive G20 opens

OSAKA (Japan), June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders kicked off one of their most high-stakes G20 meetings in years Friday, with rows brewing over a bruising US-China trade war and climate change despite a more conciliatory tone from US President Donald Trump. After lashing out at friend and foe alike…

Law passed to restrict foreign film production in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Foreign companies filming in Tanzania must give the government the right to vet raw footage and let the country use the movie in promotional material, according to a bill passed by parliament.Opposition groups said the bill – which still has to be approved…

One dead, at least 24 wounded as bombs hit buses in Iraq’s Kirkuk

KIRKUK (Iraq), June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and at least 24 wounded when bombs hit two crowded passenger buses in Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday, officials said.The two devices exploded as the buses drove through the city center around 7 p.m., police said.There was no…