US: Winter storm threatens travel chaos on east coast

NEW YORK, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forecasters warned that a deluge of snow and wintery conditions could bring travel chaos to the US northeast this weekend, with some 25 million people subject to a storm warning. Several cities in the eastern United States including New York, the most-populous city in…

US actor Christian Oliver and his 2 daughters died in a plane crash in the Caribbean, police say

SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a tiny private island in the eastern Caribbean, according to police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The crash occurred Thursday just west of Petit Nevis island near Bequia…

South Africa: Pres Ramaphosa meets with RSF leader to discuss developments on peace in Sudan

PRETORIA, Jan 6 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Dagalo of the Republic of Sudan, at his Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Pretoria. “The President welcomed the briefing from General Dagalo and commended the central role of the African…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa approves MoU to strengthen action against load shedding

PRETORIA, Jan 6 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into by Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to better clarify their respective responsibilities with respect to Eskom and the resolution of the electricity crisis. The MoU establishes…

Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped on main E22 road

Rescue teams began clearing cars from the snowbound E22 STOCKHOLM, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — People who got trapped in 1,000 vehicles in heavy snow for more than 24 hours have been evacuated, Swedish authorities say. Rescuers worked through the night to free people stuck on the main E22 road in…

Peru: 2023 public investment experienced 3.1% real growth

LIMA, Jan 6 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s public investment grew 25% in real terms last December, after five continuous months of decline. The notable expansion in said month was explained due to growth in investment by regional governments (74%) and the National Government (38%), the Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE) reported. Thus, in…

Peru expects to complete more trade agreements with APEC economies

LIMA, Jan 6 (NNN-ANDINA) — .Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Mathews has indicated that Peru expects to advance this year and materialize more trade agreements with economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. “APEC has effects on several fronts, but it is mainly a forum that has been very…

US: New York subway trains collide injuring 24

NEW YORK, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two New York subway trains collided on Thursday, injuring 24 people and causing commuter chaos just ahead of the megacity’s rush hour. Dozens of police and fire vehicles swarmed the area to help hundreds of affected passengers evacuate, while travelers sought alternative routes as…

US gun violence: 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Iowa high school; suspect also dead

Police respond to Perry High School in Perry, Iowa., Jan. 4, 2024.Andrew Harnik/AP PERRY (Iowa, US), Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A teenage gunman killed one fellow student and wounded five other people before killing himself during a shooting at a high school in the midwestern US state of Iowa, authorities…

Four killed in German hospital fire

BERLIN, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people died after a fire erupted at a hospital in the northern German town of Uelzen, local police said, with the cause of the blaze still unknown. The fire, which occurred on Thursday night, also left “a double-digit number” of people injured, several of…