Covid-19: Luxembourg prime minister in ‘serious but stable’ condition in hospital

Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel LUXEMBOURG, July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel remains in “serious but stable” in hospital after contracting Covid-19, his spokesperson said.Bettel, 48, is breathing on his own and is awake, his press attaché Liz Thielen said. The Prime Minister tested positive just over…

US shooting: 10-year-old Texas girl ‘plays dead’ after gunman entered her home and killed parents and sister – Cops

A quick thinking 10-year-old girl saved her own life by playing dead when a man killed her parents HOUSTON (Texas, US), July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 10-year-old girl is recovering after surviving a deadly shooting that claimed the lives of her parents and her little sister.  She pretended that she was…

Nine pirates jailed in first Togo piracy trial

Nigerian special forces sail to intercept pirates off the coast of Lagos LOME, July 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nine pirates who attempted to hijack a ship in Togolese waters in May 2019 have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 12 to 20 years during a trial at a Lome court.It…

Nigeria: ‘Please find them’ – Parents of abducted Kaduna students plead for their return

Shoes of abducted students lie on the floor of Bethel Baptist School after kidnapping in Kaduna KADUNA (Nigeria), July 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Distraught parents protested outside the secondary school in northwestern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, as they demanded the return of several dozens of students seized in a kidnapping early Sunday.Gunmen…

Algeria: 150 beachgoers sick after possible sea pollution

A policeman, mask-clad due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, watches as people cool off in the water at el-Kettani beach in the Bab el-Oued suburb of Algeria’s capital Algiers  ALGIERS, July 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — At least 150 people were hospitalized after swimming in seawater suspected to have been polluted at Tenes…

20 die in Zimbabwe road crash

Three people survived the horrific crash, police said. HARARE, July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty people died on the spot when two vehicles collided on a highway in southern Zimbabwe. Three people survived the horrific crash that occurred between the cities of Masvingo and Bulawayo. Police say a Toyota Granvia burst…

Migrants welcomed in Tunisia’s impoverished south

 MEDENINE (Tunisia), July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the front row of a small classroom, three women, all different nationalities, avidly learn French in southern Tunisia’s stifling summer heat — grateful for support from an umbrella of charities. Based in the city of Medenine, it’s a rare locally driven opportunity for…

Covid-19: WHO’s Covid weapons fight still $16.8 bn short

  GENEVA, July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s global appeal for funding for coronavirus vaccines, treatments, diagnostics and equipment is still $16.8-billion short — almost half its total needs, the WHO said.    The funding shortfall comes amid a widening gap between rich and poor nations in their…

UPDATE: Wreckage found in Russia after plane went missing

MOSCOW, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s state aviation agency says that wreckage from a plane that went missing in the Far East region of Kamchatka has been found around five kilometers away from a runway in an airport on the Okhotsk Sea coast where it was supposed to land. An…

Covid-19: South Africa hits new record in coronavirus numbers

PRETORIA, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s health authorities announced a new record high at the weekend following an unusually sharp rise in Covid-19 infection figures.The continent’s most severely affected country in terms of numbers recorded the most coronavirus cases since the beginning of the year on Saturday, with a…