Mike Tyson: Malawi asks former boxer to be cannabis ambassador

The former boxer runs a multi-million dollar cannabis business in the United States LILONGWE, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi has asked boxing star Mike Tyson to become the official ambassador for the country’s cannabis crop. Agriculture Minister Lobin Low sent a letter to Tyson inviting him to take up the role,…

Covid-19: Canada starts vaccinating children 5-11 years old

   MONTREAL, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada began immunizing children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 Wednesday, joining a handful of nations including Israel and the United States in offering shots to this age group.    At Montreal’s convention center, a few dozen youngsters were among the first to receive the Pfizer…

Ethiopia PM at ‘battlefield’ front to fight rebels: state media

   ADDIS ABABA, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday reportedly joined the front line where government forces are battling rebels from the Tigray region, prompting US-led international callsfor a diplomatic solution and immediate ceasefire to the conflict.    The fighting in the north of Africa’s…

Covid-19: Germany’s death toll passes 100,000

A sign reading, “Mask obligation!“ is placed at the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany FRANKFURT, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Germany since the start of the pandemic, a public health agency announced Thursday. Europe’s largest economy is battling a fresh surge in…

Update: UK PM holds crisis meeting after Channel deaths

Migrants are helped by RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat before being taken to a beach in Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, after crossing the English Channel LONDON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson convened top officials for crisis talks after at least 27 migrants…

Covid-19: UK man jailed for Covid bomb hoax

LONDON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British man with an “obsessive interest” in Covid-19 was jailed on Wednesday for more than two years after sparking a bomb scare at an AstraZeneca vaccine factory. Anthony Collins, 54, from Kent in southeast England, sent a suspicious parcel to the factory in Wales…

US: Pentagon creates new office to probe UFO reports

The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly sensitive military areas WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad…

Nigeria: Motorists missing after mass abduction

ABUJA, Nov 25 (NNN-KBC) — Police in Nigeria’s north-west state of Kaduna say an unknown number of people have been kidnapped and one person shot dead by suspected armed gangs along a highway linking the state to the capital Abuja. The Sunday afternoon incident has triggered tension in the country’s…

Violence against women increases due to COVID-19: UN Women report

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — A new report of UN Women has highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on women’s safety at home and in public spaces. Almost half of women reported that they or a woman they knew experienced a form of violence since the start of the COVID-19…

Update: Sweden’s first female PM resigns hours after appointment

Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected Sweden’s first female prime minister on Nov 24 STOCKHOLM, Nov 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Shortly after Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected by Parliament Sweden’s first female prime minister on Wednesday, she tendered her resignation faced with the harsh reality of having to…