US: Champagne and cheers across New York as Democrat Mamdani soars to victory

NEW YORK, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donald Trump had decisively won the US presidential election last November and very few people outside New York’s leftist circles knew Zohran Mamdani, who had just declared his longshot mayoral candidacy. What a difference a year can make. Crowds across the city chanted Mamdani’s…

France: Fisherman driver ‘deliberately’ runs over five in Oleron island seriously injuring two – Interior Minister

SAINT-PIERRE-D’OLERON (France), Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A driver with no previous record of radicalisation “deliberately” ran over five people on Oleron island in western France Wednesday, seriously wounding two of them, a minister said, in a lower toll than previously reported. The suspect was a 35-year-old fisherman from the Atlantic…

US government shutdown becomes longest in history

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government shutdown became the longest ever Wednesday, topping the 35-day record set during Donald Trump’s first term, as his administration warned of holiday air travel chaos and threatened Americans’ benefits in a bid to force a resolution. Federal agencies have been grinding to…

Sudan crisis: Attack on key city in Kordofan region kills 40, says UN

PORT SUDAN (Sudan), Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An attack on a funeral in the key city of El-Obeid in Sudan’s central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive. The United Nations’ humanitarian office did not specify when the attack took place…

Bosnian nursing home fire kills 11, dozens injured

TUZLA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire at a nursing home in northeastern Bosnia killed 11 people and injured at least 30, police said on Wednesday, as investigators continue to probe the cause of the blaze. Police confirmed the death toll had risen overnight at the facility…

World has ‘the tools’ to unlock US$1.3 trillion in climate finance: COP30 report

PARIS, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — THE world has all the tools in hand to provide US$1.3 trillion in climate finance to vulnerable nations, from debt relief to taxes and better coordination, said a “roadmap” released on Wednesday ahead of the COP30 summit in Brazil. The 81-page report was released by…

Kenya: Pres Ruto launches Ksh 100B green ammonia fertiliser project in Naivasha

NAIROBI, Nov 4 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya took a key step towards achieving food security with the launch of a mega fertiliser project at Olkaria in Naivasha Constituency, Nakuru County, on Monday. President William Ruto broke ground for the construction of the $800 million (KSh100 billion) green ammonia fertiliser project being…

Peru breaks off ties with Mexico over asylum for former PM: Peruvian FM

LIMA, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The government of Peru has decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico, Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told a press conference on Monday. The minister said Betssy Chavez, former prime minister of the Pedro Castillo government, who is prosecuted for a failed coup attempt…

Brazil: 4 suspected gang members, including its leader, killed in gunfight with police in southern Santa Catarina state

BRASILIA, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least four suspected members of a criminal gang were killed Sunday night in a shootout with police in Florianopolis, capital and popular tourism destination in south Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, local media reported Monday. According to a report from the Santa Catarina Military Police,…

Colombia: Car bomb attack on a police station kills 2, injures several in southwest Suarez municipality

BOGOTA, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least two people were killed and several others injured in a car bomb attack on a police station in southwest Colombia, authorities confirmed on Monday. “We have reports of two people dead and several injured. It’s a situation that has overwhelmed our local capacity,”…