Sudanese health minister tests positive for COVID-19

Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Ma Xinmin (L, front) and Sudan’s Health Minister Omer Al-Najeeb (R, front) pose for a photo during a recent handover ceremony for Chinese vaccines in Khartoum KHARTOUM, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — Sudanese Health Minister Omer Al-Najeeb on Saturday announced his infection with COVID-19. “Since the beginning…

Covid-19: Algeria launches wide vaccination campaign

Pedestrians walk past a vaccination site in Algiers ALGIERS, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Algeria on Saturday launched a wide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 aiming at reaching herd immunity as soon as possible by vaccinating the largest number of people. This national campaign aims at vaccinating “at least 70 percent of…

Venezuelan government signals ‘partial agreements’ at Mexico talks with opposition

 MEXICO CITY, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top Venezuelan official signaled on Saturday that talks between the government and the opposition aimed at resolving the country’s long-standing political crisis have yielded “partialagreements”.    The opposition is hoping to use the talks being held in Mexico City to secure guarantees of…

Crew of 5 in Pacific copter crash presumed dead: US Navy

LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Navy said that five crew members from a helicopter that crashed off the California coast are now presumed dead. A sixth crew member was rescued and is recovering. The Navy has released few details concerning the Tuesday crash, which occurred some 96…

Climate change blamed for havoc in northeast US floods

A car sits on a flooded garage of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida NEW YORK, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Climate change and creaky infrastructure were blamed for the scale of the impact from floods tearing through New York City…

Afghanistan a ‘wake-up call’ for Europe on defence, leadership: France

French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire CERNOBBIO (Italy), Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The challenges to security emerging from the upheaval in Afghanistan should be a wake-up call for the European Union, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said, urging the EU to be more ambitious on defence and…

Covid-19: Britain’s cases up by 2.4% over past week

LONDON, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain has reported 37,578 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Saturday, meaning cases reported between Aug 29 and Sept 4 were up 2.4 per cent compared with the previous seven days. A further 120 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a…

Montenegro clashes ahead of Orthodox leader’s inauguration

By Saturday evening, all roads into Cetinje had been blocked CETINJE (Montenegro), Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protesters clashed with police on Saturday in the southern Montenegrin city of Cetinje as ethnic tensions rose a day ahead of the inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the…

Covid-19: Brazil health regulator suspends use of 12 million Sinovac vaccine shots

An employee handles vials containing CoronaVac, Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Butantan biomedical center in Sao Paulo SAO PAULO, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa suspended the use of more than 12 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech…

Algerian court detains Tunisian ex-presidential candidate Karoui for illegal border crossing

Tunisia’s presidential candidate Nabil Karoui ALGIERS, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Algerian court on Saturday ordered former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be placed in custody on a charge of illegally crossing a border, a judicial source said. The court in the eastern city of Constantine also ordered the…