Major Mexico earthquake causes damage, one death

  ACAPULCO (Mexico), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck near Mexico’s Pacific resort city of Acapulco left at least one person dead and damaged hospitals, homes, shops and hotels, authorities said.   More than 200 aftershocks were recorded after the powerful tremor, whose epicenter was 11 kilometers…

10 dead in fire at Covid hospital in North Macedonia

SKOPJE, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten people died in a fire Wednesday evening at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in North Macedonia, authorities said.    The fire broke out following an explosion in a Covid-19 clinic in Tetovo in the northwest of the Balkan country, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev,…

Britain working on ways for poor countries to attend climate talks

The UK is asserting maintaining a lead role in the fight against climate change LONDON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Environmental groups have called for crucial UN climate talks set to be conducted in Glasgow this year to be postponed amid fears people from poorer countries will not be able to…

Russian intelligence accuses five Crimean Tatars of pipeline sabotage

Russian President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), has accused five men of sabotaging a gas pipeline on the annexed Crimean Peninsula.The FSB, the successor to the Soviet KGB, claimed that Ukrainian military intelligence procured an explosive device and promised…

US anti-slavery movement: Virginia’s massive Robert E. Lee statue has been removed

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed from its pedestal Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia RICHMOND (Virginia, US), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a move that will cap decades of activism, crews on Wednesday removed one of the United States’ largest remaining Confederate statues a towering statue of…

US gun violence: At least 65 people shot, 6 fatally, over long weekend in Chicago, the most since 2016

Police arrive to investigate the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Mychal “MJ” Moultry Jr. who was shot in the head while getting his hair braided CHICAGO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Labor Day weekend came to a close in Chicago, at least 65 people had been shot, six of them fatally, according to…

United Nations launches urgent appeal for Afghanistan aid

A humanitarian situation has been triggered following Taliban takeover UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ahead of a conference on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) made an urgent appeal for more than 600 million dollars in emergency aid for…

Covid-19: Tanzania secures nearly $600m from IMF for coronavirus relief

The virus outbreak has pushed about one million people into poverty WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has approved $567m in emergency support for Tanzania to help it finance a COVID-19 vaccination campaign and meet the health and social costs of the pandemic, the IMF said in…

Covid-19: Africa death toll tops 200,000

BRAZZAVILLE, Sept 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — More than 200,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Africa since the start of the pandemic, according to official records. The 54 countries of the region may not have suffered as badly as other parts of the world at least according to the officially recorded figures. They…

Ballot counting under way in Morocco vote overshadowed by widespread apathy

Sitting Prime Minister Saad Eddine el-Othmani of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) casting his vote RABAT, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moroccan voters have headed to the polls to choose a new parliament and local leaders in elections that have been reshaped by the pandemic, amid widespread disillusionment with the…