Covid-19: US shipped more than two million doses to Kenya and Ghana

WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States shipped more than two million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to Kenya and Ghana on Thursday through the COVAX global distribution programme, a White House official said. The United States sent 880,320 doses to Kenya, bringing the total number of doses sent to…

Japan: PM Suga to step down as LDP leader this month, after just one year in power

TOKYO, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, effectively ending his tenure after just one year, his party’s secretary general said. Suga announced his intention to resign at an emergency meeting of senior members of…

Taliban close to forming new government in Afghanistan: Sources

KABUL, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Taliban were expected to form a government as early as Friday with the new regime under intense international scrutiny over its vow to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women’s rights. The announcement of a new administration could be made after Friday afternoon…

Pres Biden visits hospital treating US troops wounded in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden and his wife visited a Maryland hospital treating troops wounded in Afghanistan, four days after the US military completed its withdrawal from the country. “Tonight (Thursday), the President and First Lady are visiting wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Military Medical…

Palestinian man killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Gaza: medics

GAZA, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli soldiers on Thursday during clashes near the border area between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, Palestinian medics said. The Palestinian health ministry, run by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said in a statement that Ahmad Salleh, 26,…

Cuba to reopen schools after kids get vaccinated against COVID-19

HAVANA, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba prepares to resume classes next Monday through distance learning amid a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and children and adolescents will return to face-to-face lessons once they have been fully jabbed against COVID-19. “While schools across the country remain closed due to the…

Nigerian police rescue 5 abducted students in NW state

LAGOS, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian police said that they have rescued five of the 73 abducted students of a school in the country’s northwestern state of Zamfara. The students were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from their school in Kaya village in the Maradun local government area of the state…

US shootings: Two people injured on perimeter of high schools in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two people were injured in shootings Thursday afternoon near schools in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles School Police Department initially tweeted around 2 pm local time that police officers were “responding to reports of shots fired on the perimeter of Santee High School”…

Ida-driven rain, flooding claim over 40 lives in US Northeast

WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Torrential rains, floods and tornadoes from storm Ida remnants claimed more than 40 lives across the northeast of the United States on Wednesday and Thursday. Ida remnants dumped rain at sometimes unprecedented rates on Wednesday night in the region, triggering floods pouring into subway stations…

Prosecutors delay decision on whether to indict Czech prime minister

Czech Republic’s Prime Minister, Andrej Babis PRAGUE, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Czech prosecutors are delaying the release of their eagerly awaited decision regarding the possible indictment of Prime Minister, Andrej Babis, due to the need for further investigations.A spokesman said that the file will be returned to the police. There are…