Russia-Ukraine conflict: Bulgaria says will veto EU oil sanctions on Russia if it does not get derogation

SOFIA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgaria will not support European Union’s new set of sanctions against Russia if the Balkan country does not get a derogation from the proposed ban on buying Russian oil, Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev said. European Union governments moved closer on Sunday to agreeing to tough…

Colombia, Saudi Arabia To Meet In June Football Friendly

BOGOTA, May 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Colombia will play an international friendly against Saudi Arabia in Spain next month, the South American country’s football federation (FCF), said. In a statement, the entity said, the teams would meet at the Enrique Roca stadium in Murcia, on June 5. It added that,…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: New US sanctions target Russian media, consultant services; G7 nations condemn Russia as Pres Putin says ” victory will be ours”

 WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will sanction three major Russian television stations, and deny all Russian companies access to consulting and accounting services offered by US firms, according to a statement by the White House. The moves against Joint Stock Company Channel One Russia, Television Station Russia-1,…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

CAPE TOWN, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent. Companies and investors are considering projects they may have…

Greek coastguard rescues over 100 migrants at sea

 ATHENS, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s coastguard on Sunday said it had rescued 106 migrants including many children from a half-sunken sailing boat on the Aegean Sea.   A coastguard statement said the migrants were found late on Saturday near the southeastern island of Kos, a short distance from the…

Update: Five dead in wind-whipped Siberia fires

A firefighter works to extinguish a fire in the settlement of Bely Yar in the Krasnoyarsk region MOSCOW, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several fires have broken out in southern Siberia, affecting about 200 buildings and causing at least five deaths on Saturday, said local authorities who declared a state of…

Number of injured people in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory fires climbs to 19

KRASNOYARSK (Russia), May 8 (NNN-TASS) — The number of people injured in fires across Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory has climbed to 19, including six fire fighters, the press office of the regional government announced on Sunday.    “Nineteen people were injured. Fourteen people were hospitalized, including six fire fighters,” the press…

Morocco says foils 63,121 illegal immigration attempts in 2021

RABAT, May 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Morocco foiled 63,121 illegal immigration attempts in 2021, the interior ministry said in a report published on Saturday. In the first quarter of 2022, the North African country foiled 14,746 illegal immigration attempts, according to the ministry report published after Friday’s meeting of the Moroccan-Spanish…

Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ for North Ireland after historic poll win

Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O’Neill, centre, speaks to the media next to party leader Mary Louise McDonald, right, in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland BELFAST, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill acclaimed a “new era” for Northern Ireland as her Irish nationalist party handed a historic election defeat…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: WHO gathers evidence for possible war crimes investigation against Russia

KYIV, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) is gathering evidence for a possible war crimes investigation into attacks it says it has documented by Russia on healthcare facilities in Ukraine. WHO Emergencies Director Mike Ryan, on an unannounced visit together with WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told…
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