Covid-19: Portuguese defense minister tests positive; mild condition
LISBON, Jan 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Portuguese Defense Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms, his office…
FAO warns of renewed desert locust invasion in Kenya, Ethiopia
A mature swarm flying over a village near Abyan, Yemen, looking for suitable areas to lay eggs that will hatch…
Russian Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying ship begins work off Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Russian ship tasked with completing the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has begun…
Aid groups urge US Pres Biden to remove Yemen’s rebel Houthis from ‘terror’ list
SANA’A, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-two aid groups working in Yemen urged US President Joe Biden to remove the war-torn…
Covid-19: German government fears attacks on vaccine facilities, staff by anti-vaxxers
BERLIN, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German government says it is preparing for possible attacks on vaccination centres, vaccine transports…
Covid-19: US passes 25 million Covid-19 cases – Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 25 million Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the United States since the…
Burundi ruling party selects hardliner as secretary-general
Reverien Ndikuriyo GITEGA, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi’s ruling party has selected as the former president of the country’s senate…
Covid-19: Tunisian FM tests positive; reportedly in severe condition
TUNIS, Jan 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Sunday confirmed through social network his infection with COVID-19,…
Plane carrying Brazilian soccer players crashes, killing six
RASILIA, Jan 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six people, including four soccer players and the president of the Brazilian club Palmas, were…
Portugal: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa re-elected – exit poll
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa LISBON, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Centre-right incumbent candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has won Portugal’s presidential…