Hostilities In Syria’s Aleppo Trigger Civilian Casualties, Displacements: UN Humanitarians

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two days of deadly hostilities in Aleppo, Syria, have led to civilian casualties and thousands of displacements, UN humanitarians said, yesterday. Authorities reported that, at least five civilians, including two women and a child, were killed and dozens more were injured. The UN Office…

South Africa won’t block US refugee program for white minority

PRETORIA, Jan 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South Africa has agreed not to interfere with a controversial US refugee program bringing white South Africans to the United States, according to an internal meeting. The assurance was given during a closed-door meeting on Dec 23, after diplomatic tensions escalated when South African authorities…

Argentine health authorities concerned over growing number of superflu cases

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Health Ministry and the ANLIS-Malbrán Institute have confirmed a rise in cases of Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K —popularly dubbed the “superflu”—, with 18 confirmed detections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Neuquén,…

US gun violence: 2 dead, 6 wounded after shooting outside Salt Lake City funeral; no suspects in custody

Police in Salt Lake City said two people were killed and six others wounded after a shooting outside a funeral Wednesday evening SALT LAKE CITY (Utah, US), Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Salt Lake City said two people are dead and six others wounded after a shooting outside a…

Venezuela holds mass funeral for soldiers killed in US military operation

CARACAS, Jan 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Venezuela’s military has begun burying dozens of soldiers killed in a United States military operation, holding a mass funeral in the capital, Caracas. Men carried wooden caskets draped in the Venezuelan flag, passing rows of uniformed officers. Singing echoed from a church as music from…

US suspended all assistance to Somalia’s federal government following attack on WFP warehouse — state department

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United States has suspended all assistance to Somalia’s federal government, the State Department said. “The United States is deeply concerned by reports that Federal Government of Somalia officials have destroyed a U.S.-funded World Food Programme warehouse and illegally seized 76 metric tons of donor-funded…

UN Sec-Gen Guterres says ready to offer good offices to support possible dialogue in Venezuela

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed the availability of his good offices to support a possible inclusive national dialogue in Venezuela, his spokesperson said. Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the UN chief had just concluded a meeting with Venezuelan…

Flu reaches highest level in the US in 25 years

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Flu continues to bring misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.By another measure – visits to the doctor for fever plus a cough or…

Former Ghana Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, a wanted fugitive, arrested and detained in the US

Former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is a suspect in many corruption investigations in Ghana ACCRA, Jan 8 (NNN-GNA) — Ghana’s former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has reportedly been detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).According to a public notice by his lawyers, on Jan 7,…

Pres Trump withdraws US from dozens of international organisations: White House

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation withdrawing the US from 35 non-United Nations organisations and 31 UN entities that “operate contrary to US national interests”, the White House said in a statement. The organisations include the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the International Energy…
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