Covid-19: New York City mandates vaccine for public school teachers, staff

NEW YORK, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — : New York City will require public school teachers and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, part of a push to get more residents vaccinated and slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. The city’s health department…

Covid-19: Greek scientists advise booster shots for vulnerable

ATHENS, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s top medical advisers said vulnerable groups with underlying diseases should get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, in a bid to curb a rise in Delta variant infections. The booster shot with mRNA vaccines, if approved by the government, will be available in the first week…

Poland to build Belarus border fence against migrants

Poland and its EU neighbours have reported an influx of migrants from Belarus in recent weeks WARSAW, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland announced plans for a barbed-wire fence along its border with Belarus following an influx of migrants which countries in the region called a “hybrid attack” on the EU. Defence…

Brazil indigenous protesters camp on Bolsonaro’s doorstep

BRASILIA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With feather headdresses, grass skirts and body paint, hundreds of indigenous demonstrators camped out in Brasilia to protest President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies and an initiative that could take away their ancestral lands. Pounding wooden tent poles into the ground, the protesters set up the “Fight for…

Kabul airport problems blocking medical supplies for Afghans: WHO

Civilian volunteers sort donations for evacuees from Afghanistan at Ramstein Air Base, Germany GENEVA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week are stuck because of Kabul airport restrictions, the World Health…

Road accidents: Five officials killed in Tanzania; three in England

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Five officials with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) were killed at dawn on Monday after their car hit a lorry in the country’s southern highlands district of Mbozi in Songwe region. The Songwe regional police commander, Janeth Magomi, said the TRA officials were…

Shooting in US Portland leaves one man dead; 5 injured in follow-up gunshots

Police investigate shooting in Portland, Oregon ORTLAND (Oregon, US), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five men attending a vigil at the site of a fatal shooting in the Old Town neighborhood in Portland were shot and wounded Sunday night, police said. JaMarie Herring Sr., 25, was shot and killed at 1:48…

5 dead, 2 missing in Gulf of Mexico oil rig fire

MEXICO CITY, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least five workers were killed, two others missing and six injured in a fire at an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, Mexico’s state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which runs the rig, said. One of the injured workers was in serious…

1 illegal migrant dead, 14 missing off Libyan coast: UNHCR

TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that an illegal migrant died while 14 others remain missing off the Libyan coast. “Between last night and today, 279 individuals were returned to the Tripoli Naval Base (95) and Azzawiya Oil Refinery Port (184) following…

EU should support countries close to Afghanistan: Greek PM

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ATHENS, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The European Union should support the countries close to Afghanistan to ensure that there will be no additional refugee and migration flows to Europe, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. The Greek PM spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…