Denmark inaugurates rare low-carbon hydrogen plant

FREDERICIA (Denmark), Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Denmark inaugurated one of Europe’s few low-carbon hydrogen plants on Monday, a sector touted as a key to cleaner energy but plagued with challenges. Using eight electrolysers powered by solar and wind energy, the HySynergy project will produce around eight tonnes of hydrogen a day in its…

Update: Man charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after knife attack on UK train

Forensic investigators are seen at the train after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train in Huntingdon, England LONDON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British police said a 32-year-old British man was on Monday (Nov 3) charged with 10 counts of attempted murder over a knife attack on a train on Saturday, an…

Update: Sudan violence could be war crimes, says ICC prosecutor

Displaced Sudanese gather and sit in makeshift tents after fleeing El-Fasher city in Darfur, in Tawila, Sudan THE HAGUE, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court warned on Monday (Nov 3) that atrocities committed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher could constitute war crimes and…

DR Congo: Pres Tshisekedi says peace talks with M23 rebels to resume in Doha

KINSHASA, Nov 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Peace talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group will resume next week in Doha, Qatar, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi has said. According to the statement issued late Sunday by the Congolese presidency,…

Brazil: 1 dead, 60 injured after winds topple structure at university party in Sao Paulo state

SAO PAULO, Nov 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least one person was killed and 60 others were injured early Sunday morning when strong winds and heavy rain knocked over a metal structure at a university party in southeast Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, according to Civil Defense. The celebration for medical students…

Brazil: 1 killed in small plane crash in rural Tocantins state

BRASILIA, Nov 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — One person died and another was seriously injured after a small aircraft crashed in a rural part of northern Brazil’s Tocantins state, local media said. According to Tocantins police, the plane crashed Saturday night while flying over the municipality of Fatima. Authorities said the plane’s…

Guinea-Bissau arrests senior army officers for alleged coup attempt

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo BISSAU, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of officers of Guinea-Bissau’s army have been arrested on accusations of attempting a coup, according to the country’s armed forces.The alleged coup plot involved several senior officers who were reported missing starting Monday, and was announced the day…

Mexico: Mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations

People carry the coffin of late Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations, in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico URUAPAN (MEXICO), Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A mayor in Mexico ’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people…

Communities in hurricane-ravaged Jamaica still cut off as death toll climbs

Blocked traffic and blown off roofs in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa KINGSTON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa rose to 28, even as the authorities and humanitarian workers acknowledged that they had yet to reach dozens of communities…

Mexico: Explosion and fire at convenience store kills at least 23 in northern Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state

The damaged facade of a store caused by a fire that killed multiple people, in Hermosillo, Mexico HERMOSILO (Sonora, Mexico), Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire and explosion at a convenience store in northern Mexico on Saturday killed at least 23 people, including children, and injured 12 others, local officials said. The…