Peru’s Castillo assumes presidency, pledging economic stability

LIMA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pedro Castillo on Wednesday said Peru’s colonial wounds still ran deep and he would seek to heal them, while promising economic stability in his inaugural speech as president. Speaking on the day that also marked the country’s 200th anniversary since declaring independence from Spain, Castillo…

Residents flee as winds fan massive wildfire in southern Turkey

Plumes of black smoke rise from the forest around Manavgat, 75 km east of the resort city of Antalya ANKARA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A massive forest fire in southern Turkey spread to the town of Manavgat as the flames were fanned by strong winds on Wednesday, according to the local mayor,…

Covid-19: Singapore will send 200 oxygen concentrators to Myanmar

SINGAPORE, July 29 (NNN-CNA) — Singapore will send 200 oxygen concentrators to Myanmar to support the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said. The 10-litre oxygen concentrators will be channelled through the Singapore Red Cross, which will work with the Myanmar Red Cross Society…

Morocco team announces major Stone Age find

RABAT, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa’s oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years, an international team reported. The find pushes back by hundreds of thousands of years the start date in North Africa of the Acheulian stone…

Covid-19: Covax expecting 250 mn donated doses in 6-8 weeks – WHO

      GENEVA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Covax is expecting to receive 250 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses over the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization said.    The influx of doses is a major boost for the scheme, which is aimed at ensuring poorer countries can access jabs…

Two dead, 16 hurt in blast at German chemical park

Germany chemical blast LEVERKUSEN (Germany), July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two person died and 16 people were injured following an explosion at a chemical park in Leverkusen, Germany, the site operator said as residents were urged to stay indoors because of black smoke rising from the area. The blast happened at around…

Gunmen wound Chinese factory workers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi

Gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired into the car carrying two Chinese factory workers in Karachi KARACHI, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired into a car carrying two Chinese factory workers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Wednesday, wounding one of them before fleeing the…

US shooting: Man pleads guilty to four murders in Atlanta spa shootings

Robert Aaron Long was arrested in the fatal shootings of multiple people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors, most of them women of Asian descent ATLANTA (Georgia, US), July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Robert Aaron Long, the man charged with shooting eight people in Atlanta-area spas in March – six of them women…

EU warns Turkish Pres Erdogan over push to open Cyprus ghost town

Varosha has been abandoned since 1974 BRUSSELS, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU told Turkey to reverse plans to open up the Cypriot ghost town of Varosha, announced during a controversial visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the divided island. The 27-nation bloc, which includes the internationally recognised Republic…

Canada border guards vote to strike days ahead of US border reopening

CBSA officers at the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Lansdowne, Ontario after it was announced that the border would close to “non-essential traffic” to combat the spread of COVID-19 VANCOUVER, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian border guards and customs officials voted on to go on strike just days ahead of the…