Death toll rises to 8 after Cyclone Kenneth strikes Mozambique

MAPUTO, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from Cyclone Kenneth, which has wreaked havoc in northern Mozambique and the Comoros islands, has risen to eight, thousands feared trapped after Cyclone Kenneth disaster management officials said on Saturday. Five people were killed in Mozambique, while three died in the Comoros islands,…

Spanish elections marked by rise of far right

MADRID, April 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Spain will hold its third general elections in four years on Sunday amid an atmosphere of indecision and rise of the far right. Polls suggest that around 40% of the electorate was undecided just a week before the national vote. Since 2015, when Spain’s predominantly…

Sudan rulers deny halt of oil flows from S. Sudan

KHARTOUM, April 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Sudan’s ruling military council has denied reports about the suspension of oil flows from neighboring South Sudan. In a statement on Saturday, council spokesman Shams Aldin Kabashi said the oil flows from South Sudan were “normal”. Media reports earlier said that the flow of crude…

Neymar banned for three Champions League matches over ref rant

EUROPE, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Neymar was suspended for three Champions League matches by UEFA on Saturday for insulting match officials following Paris Saint-Germain’s shock exit from this season’s tournament to Manchester United. The Brazil star missed the 3-1 Champions League second leg last 16 defeat on March 6 through…

Parents vote on dropping Michael Jackson’s name from his old school hall

LOS ANGELES, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Groups of Parents at a Los Angeles elementary school have voted on whether to drop Michael Jackson’s name from the auditorium after damaging pedophilia allegations made against the late pop singer in a documentary. Gardner Street school’s Michael Jackson Auditorium has become a thorny…

In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war

JUBA, April 28 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – By the time he was brought into the remote clinic in northeastern South Sudan, two-year-old Nyachoat was already convulsing from malaria attacking his brain. After being given medication he lies fast asleep, naked and feverish, attached to a drip, his anxious mother sitting on…

Russia considering possibility of easing citizenship for all Ukrainians

BEIJING, April 28 (NNN-TASS) – Moscow is considering the possibility of easing citizenship rules for all Ukrainian nationals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference wrapping up his visit to China. “We are thinking about providing the right to obtain Russian passports under a simplified procedure to all…

Russia expects Venezuela to pay $200 mln on its debt in autumn

BEIJING, April 27 (NNN-TASS) – Moscow hopes that Venezuela will manage to make another debt payment under the terms of its $3 bln debt to Russia in autumn, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters. In March, Venezuela was to pay $100 mln to Russia paid…

Dr M attends roundtable summit at Belt and Road Forum

BEIJING, April 27 (NNN-Bernama) — The 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) enters its third and final day today with leaders attending a roundtable summit held at the scenic Yangi Lake in northern Beijing. Located at the foot of Yanshan mountain, Yangi Lake or “Swan Lake” also…

Christine Lagarde meets Dr Mahathir in China

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (NNN- Bernama) — International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde meets Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in China, where both of them are attending. “I was very happy to meet with Prime Minister Mahathir @chedet official…