Americas

Russia-Ukraine conflict: WHO assembly slams Russian attacks on Ukraine health facilities

GENEVA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — WHO member states strongly condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine and attacks on healthcare facilities in…

Texas police face scrutiny over ‘late’ massacre response

UVALDE (Texas, US), May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Texas police faced angry questions over why it took an hour to neutralize…

US State Department approves sale of helicopters to Egypt in $2.6 bln deal

US soldiers disembark from a Chinook helicopter in the southern town of Qalat WASHINGTON, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US…

Covid-19: Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to poorest countries

DAVOS (Switzerland), May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit…

US confirms 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states

WASHINGTON, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it had identified nine monkeypox cases in seven states, some in…

China, Russia veto US push for more UN sanctions on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China and Russia vetoed a US-led push to impose more United Nations sanctions on North…

UN remembers its fallen peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday laid a wreath at the UN Headquarters in…

Chile urges workforce to get COVID-19 booster shot due to rise in cases

SANTIAGO, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chile’s government called on workers across sectors to get their fourth shot against COVID-19 and…

5 miners killed in Bolivia landslide

LA PAZ, May 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Five gold mining workers were killed after being buried by a landslide when extracting…

US offers $2m reward for two Kenyan wildlife/drug ‘traffickers’

Abdi Hussein Ahmed and Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh are wanted for trafficking wildlife and narcotics NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…