Netherlands: King Willem-Alexander issued historic royal apology for slavery
AMSTERDAM, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology on Saturday for the Netherlands’ involvement in…
Pres Macron shelves Germany state visit over France riots crisis
PARIS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Emmanuel Macron postponed a state visit to Germany in order to deal with the…
Close to 700 boat migrants reach Italy overnight
ROME, July 1 (NNN-GNA) — Almost 700 migrants reached the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa in boats overnight, Italian news…
Bolivia signs lithium production deals with Russian, Chinese companies: Pres Luis Arce
LA PAZ, July 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) signed two separate agreements whereby Chinese…
Japan, Italy lead in consuming Tanzania coffee
Coffee DODOMA (Tanzania), July 1 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — JAPAN, Italy and Germany are the leading consumers of the Tanzanian coffee, it…
Update: Hundreds more arrested in France unrest but violence ‘less intense’
NANTERRE (France), July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sporadic violence and looting hit several cities across France in a fourth night of…
Dutch king expected to apologise for slavery
AMSTERDAM, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — King Willem-Alexander is widely expected to make a royal apology for the Netherlands’ involvement in…
Zimbabwe, EU sign observation agreement ahead of August elections
HARARE, July 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Zimbabwean government on Friday signed an agreement with the EU for the bloc to…
France: Macron seeks to quell ‘unacceptable’ riots after shooting dead of teenager by police
PARIS, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced more police to contain nightly riots over a teenager’s fatal…
UK govt vows huge recruitment drive for England health service
LONDON, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The National Health Service (NHS) in England will get more than 300,000 staff under a…