South African mom delivers 10 children to set new world record

Gosiame Thamara Sithole, record breaking mom PRETORIA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African mother has given birth to 10 children at a hospital in the capital Pretoria, local news portal Pretoria News have reported.The development means that 37-year-old Gosiame Thamara Sithole has broken the world record for number of…

Covid-19: Global deaths toll reach 3.7 million

PARIS, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,739,777 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled at 1000 GMT on Tuesday. At least 173,537,280 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered,…

Brazil deploys national guard to contain outbreak of violence in Manaus

MANAUS (Amazonia, Brazil), June 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Justice Minister Anderson Torres gave the green light for national forces to intervene in the capital city of the state of Amazonia, Manaus, which has been ransacked by acts of violence and looting over the past month. Torres was acknowledging requests for…

Burkina Faso: PM vows ‘sweep’ after deadly militant attack

Armed men suspected to be militants attacked the village of Solhan in the Yagha province SEBBA (Burkina Faso), June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The attack that left 160 people dead last weekend in northern Burkina Faso “will not go unpunished,” Burkinabe Prime Minister Christophe Dabire promised.“This deadly incursion will not go…

UN calls on Central African Republic to guarantee peacekeeper safety

The United Nations Security Council has asked all forces in the Central African Republic to guarantee the safety of UN peacekeepers UNITED NATIONS, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council called on the Central African Republic and “all forces present” in the conflict-wracked country to ensure the safety of…

Moscow, in response to sanctions, bans nine Canadian citizens from entering Russia

From left to right, David Lametti, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, Anne Kelly, commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, Canadian Police Commissioner Brenda Lucki and Dominic LeBlanc, minister of intergovernmental affairs MOSCOW, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia, in response to Canadian sanctions imposed in March, has…

Netherlands: MH17 crash trial seeks ‘clarity’ for relatives

BADHOEVEDORP (Netherlands) — Dutch judges said they wanted relatives of victims to finally have “clarity” about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine as the trial of four suspects entered a key phase. Some relatives were in court for the start of a week in which judges will at…

Canada Islamophobia: Muslim family of four killed in ‘premeditated’ truck attack

People gather at a makeshift memorial at the fatal crime scene where a man driving a pickup truck jumped the curb and ran over a Muslim family OTTAWA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man driving a pick-up truck slammed into and killed four members of a Muslim family in the…

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic faces final genocide verdict

Dubbed the “Butcher of the Balkans”, Mladic was sentenced to life in jail by a UN war crimes tribunal in 2017 THE HAGUE, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN judges will rule Tuesday on Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s appeal against his genocide conviction for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s…

Slovakia starts inoculations with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine – 2nd nation within the EU bloc

BRATISLAVA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Slovakia became the second country in the EU to start inoculating citizens with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, even though the jab has not yet been approved by the bloc’s regulator.A man from the city of Zilinia was the first person to receive the shot. “I…