Europe

Update: UK PM and chancellor apologise and pay lockdown party fines

UK PM Boris Johnson LONDON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Rishi Sunak,…

Man sentenced to 7 years in prison after threatening to kill Spanish PM

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez MADRID, April 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Spain’s National Court on Tuesday sentenced to seven years in prison…

Covid-19: Global cases surpass 500 mln, with 6.18 mln deaths

NEW YORK, April 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Global COVID-19 cases topped 500 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems…

France promises to try a genocide suspect every six months in Rwanda

Antoine Anfré, French ambassador to Rwanda KIGALI, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The French government is mulling ways that will see…

Presidential elections: Poverty, education levels draw battle lines in French election

PARIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen head into a presidential run-off on…

Covid-19: UK’s PM Johnson, Finance Minister Sunak to be fined over ‘partygate’ – govt

LONDON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will face fines for breaching…

Iran’s Top Leader Praises Nuke Negotiators For Resisting “Excessive Demands”

TEHRAN, Apr 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday praised Iran’s negotiating team, for resisting the “excessive…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian schools reopens under Moscow control

VOLNOVAKHA (Ukraine), April  13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the playground of a school in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha,…

Quarter of billion face extreme poverty in 2022: Oxfam

 LONDON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fallout from the Ukraine conflict, growing inequality and Covid could force more than a quarter of…

Turkey Aims To Be “Logistics Superpower” By 2053

ANKARA, Apr 13 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that, Turkey aims to become a logistics superpower,…