Ivanka Trump Discussed with Women Entrepreneurs in Addis Ababa

White House Advisor Ivanka Trump attends a meeting with women from the coffee industry during her visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 14, 2019. Photo courtesy of ena.et ADDIS ABABA, April 15 (NNN-ENA) – Advisor to the U.S. President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, has discussed with Ethiopian women entrepreneurs engaged…

South Africa’s New President Will be Inaugurated on May 25

JOHANNESBURG, April 15 (NNN-SANEWS) – South Africa Presidency has announced that the inauguration of the President-Elect will take place on Saturday, 25 May 2019, in the City of Tshwane. “In a departure from the tradition of holding the inauguration at the Union Buildings, the event will take place at Loftus…

Death toll rises to 3 in aircraft collision in Nepal’s Lukla airport

KATHMANDU, April 15 (NNN- Xinhua) — The death toll in Sunday’s aircraft collision in Nepal’s Lukla airport climbed to three, according to Nepal Police Headquarters. A co-pilot and a policeman were killed on the spot when an aircraft of Summit Air with call sign 9N-AMH skidded off the runway and…

N.K. leader could hold first summit with Putin next week: sources

MOSCOW, April 15 (NNN- Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may hold his first-ever summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week when Putin travels to the Far East on his way to an international conference in China, sources said Monday. “Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to make…

Gay mayor from ‘Rust Belt’ America launches presidential bid

SOUTH BEND, US April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Pete Buttigieg, the gay, liberal mayor of a small American city in the conservative bastion of Indiana, officially launched his presidential bid yesterday, joining a crowded field of Democrats vying for their party’s nomination in 2020. The 37-year-old Rhodes scholar and Afghanistan war…

Syria: ICRC pleas for information on a New Zealand nurse and two Syrians abducted in 2013

New Zealand’s Louisa Akavi  Geneva, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The International Committee of the Red Cross appealed Sunday for news of three staff members abducted in Syria in 2013, a New Zealand nurse and two Syrian drivers. Nurse Louisa Akavi was snatched along with drivers Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes…

Death Toll in Mortar Shelling In Aleppo Rises To 11

Aleppo, SANA, April 15 (NNN-SANA) – The number of martyrs in the attacks of terrorist groups, with rocket shells, on al-Nile street and al-Khalidiya neighborhood in Aleppo rose to 11 while the number of the injured rose to 11. Earlier, six civilians were killed and several others were injured in terrorist…

China, Japan hold 5th high-level economic dialogue

BEIJING, April 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday co-chaired the fifth high-level economic dialogue between China and Japan with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Beijing. Hailing that China-Japan relations has returned to the right track and yielded new achievements by the…

US urged to remove Malaysia from ‘K’ list

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (NNN- Bernama) — The Foreign Ministry is called on United States to immediately remove Malaysia from the ‘K’ list and will summon the American envoy here for clarification. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly protests the decision of the US government to subject Malaysia in the…

Tornadoes kill two children as massive storm sweeps US South

HAMILTON, Mississippi, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – deadly tornadoes twisted through the US South, killing at least two children as a massive storm pressed east on Sunday (Apr 14), threatening to drench communities from New York to Atlanta and snarl the start of the workweek. More than 100 million people from…