Europe

Ivory Coast announce ‘major discovery’ of Oil

ABIDJAN, Sept 4 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ivory Coast, a modest hydrocarbon producer, announced the “major discovery” of oil and natural gas…

Covid-19: UK panel against giving jabs to healthy young teens

LONDON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK government’s independent advisory body on vaccines said it would not recommend jabbing all…

Sec-Gen Guterres thanks member states for keeping UN operations in Afghanistan going

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked several member states for helping keep UN operations in…

Kremlin slams Ukraine-US friendship as opposition to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky MOSCOW, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow has criticized the relationship between Ukraine and the United States…

Date set for Bulgaria’s presidential vote despite government crisis

SOFIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarians are to vote for a new president on Nov 14, despite an ongoing government…

British-born Daesh ‘Beatle’ pleads guilty in US court to murdering US hostages in Syria

London-born Alexanda Kotey WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British-born man who was a member of a team of Daesh…

Covid-19: 755 travellers from Germany, Brunei received Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Passes – CAAS

Changi Airport Terminal 4 SINGAPORE, Sept 3 (NNN-CNA) — A total of 735 people from Germany and 20 from Brunei Darussalam have…

Covid-19: EU to return ‘Made in Africa’ Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to Africa

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen BERLIN, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union will return coronavirus vaccination doses…

Britain announces new Myanmar sanctions

Protesters are seen at Hledan, Yangon in Myanmar LONDON, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain announced new Myanmar sanctions, saying it…

Weather, climate disasters surge fivefold in 50 years: UN

Extreme weather like widespread drought is causing economic losses amongst farmers across the world. GENEVA, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The…