South Africa well prepared to host G20 Leaders’ Summit in November

PRETORIA, Nov 3 (NNN-SANEWS) — Cabinet has expressed its satisfaction with South Africa’s preparations for the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) Leaders’ Summit, saying it is confident the country will host the event successfully. Thousands of international delegates, media representatives, and visitors are expected to gather at the NASREC Expo…

South Africa responds to US refugee programme for Afrikaners

PRETORIA, Nov 3 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South African Government has acknowledged the recent Presidential Determination made by the United States, where President Donald Trump set the refugee ceiling at 7,500, specifically focusing on white Afrikaner South Africans.  In a document published on Thursday, the Trump administration stated that the United…

Netherlands: Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims victory in neck-and-neck election race

AMSTERDAM, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Centrist liberal leader Rob Jetten has claimed victory in Wednesday’s nail-biting Dutch election, after vote analysis indicated his party could not be beaten by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders. Jetten’s D66 party currently has a narrow lead of 15,000 votes over Wilders’ Freedom Party, and Dutch…

Five German mountaineers, including 17-year-old girl, killed in Italian Alps avalanche

ROME, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed in an avalanche in the Dolomite mountains in Italy on Saturday afternoon, according to mountain rescue services. Two groups of climbers were caught in the torrent of snow, which swept down a mountain near the Swiss border in the…

Kenya: 21 dead, 30-plus missing in landslide caused by heavy rain – minister

NAIROBI, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 21 people died and more than 30 were still missing in a landslide on Saturday caused by heavy rains in western Kenya, the interior minister said. The landslide occurred overnight in Marakwet East in the west of the country, which is currently in…

UK: Police say train stabbing attack not ‘terrorism’, one suspect released

HUNTINGDON (United Kingdom), Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK police said a British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a train in eastern England, adding the attack was not a “terrorist incident”. Two people were initially arrested over the attack, with one released without…

Brazil boasts drop in deforestation ahead of UN climate talks

BRASILIA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said, a boost for the country just days before it hosts UN climate talks. Brazil is home to the largest share of the vast rainforest, which spans nine countries and is…

Sudan: PM Kamil Idris demands international trial over RSF ‘crimes’ after fall of El-Fasher city

GENEVA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s prime minister has called for atrocities committed in the city of El-Fasher, seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, to be tried in the international courts. But Kamil Idris, in an interview with Switzerland’s Blick newspaper published on Sunday, rejected the “illegal” idea of…

Germany arrests Syrian suspected of plotting terror attack

BERLIN, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German authorities said they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, was being kept in a detention centre and was…

Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threat

ABUJA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria suggested a meeting between its president and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the US leader threatened military action over what he described as a threat to Nigerian Christians by jihadists. In an explosive post, Trump said on social media on Saturday that he asked…