US: 4th person dies after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sickens dozens in New York City
Legionella pneumophila bacteria responsible for causing pneumonic disease Legionnaires’ disease NEW YORK, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fourth person has…
South Africa to send delegation to White House over trade tariffs, says Deputy President
GQEBERHA (Eastern Cape, South Africa), Aug 15 (NNN-SANEWS) — Deputy President Paul Mashatile has announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa will…
Update: EU sends wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises
MADRID, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires,…
Italy: Searchers continue search after deadly migrant shipwreck off Lampedusa island; 60 survive, 27 dead
CATANIA (Italy), Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian authorities resumed their search for migrants missing at sea after two boats sank…
Spain: Police arrest four over new forest fires; Third person killed in wildfires
MADRID, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish investigators said they had arrested four people suspected of starting forest fires, taking the…
Russia, Ukraine exchange 84 prisoners each on the eve of Trump-Putin summit
Relatives hug a released prisoner of war (POW) wrapped in a Ukrainian flag upon their arrival after a prisoners exchange…
Presidents Ruto, Mnangagwa co-chair EAC-SADC Summit on eastern DRC peace efforts
NAIROBI/HARARE, Aug 14 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto and Pres Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe co-chaired a virtual Joint Extraordinary…
Sudan crisis: At least 40 dead in worst cholera outbreak in years – MSF
Cholera patients receive treatment in an isolation tent in a displaced persons’ camp in Sudan’s war-torn western region of Darfur…
Argentina: Tainted fentanyl blamed for 87 hospital deaths – judge investigating deaths
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 87 people have died in Argentina after being administered bacteria-infected fentanyl in…
Morocco: Forest fire sweeps through northern tourist city of Chefchaouen
RABAT, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A major forest fire in northern Morocco is mostly under control, though authorities are still…