French Pres Macron hosts summit on post-Covid Africa finance

PARIS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for a summit meeting that will seek to provide Africa with critical financing swept away by the Covid-19 pandemic. Africa has so far been less badly hit by the pandemic than…

Update: Record 5,000 migrants reach Spain’s Ceuta enclave in one day

CEUTA (Spain), May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 5,000 migrants, about a thousand of them minors, reached Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday from neighbouring Morocco, Spanish officials said, a record in a single day. A spokesman for the Spanish government delegation in Ceuta said the scale of…

UN vote on call to stop arms supply to Myanmar postponed

 Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi casts her ballot for the Nov 8, 2020 general election at Union Election Commission office, in Naypyitaw UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 193-member United Nations General Assembly vote on Tuesday (May 18) on a draft resolution calling “for an immediate suspension of the direct and…

Covid-19: Brazil to receive ingredients from China for 25 million vaccine shots in coming days

The Fiocruz biomedical centre will receive two lots of ingredients for 18 million AstraZeneca shots on Saturday, while the Butantan biomedical institute will receive ingredients for 7 million shots on May 26 BRASILIA, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil will receive ingredients from China to produce up to 25 million doses…

Covid-19: US weekly deaths fall to lowest in 14 months

Jane Hassebroek waits in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination outside the American Museum of Natural History, with her family in Manhattan, New York City WASHINGTON, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US deaths from COVID-19 last week fell to their lowest in nearly 14 months and the number of new cases continued…

ICC warns foreign fighters in Libya they could face prosecution

UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Criminal Court warned mercenaries and foreign troops in war-torn Libya that they could face prosecution, demanding an end to the use of detention centres to commit a variety of serious crimes. “The office has received concerning information about the activities of mercenaries and…

Covid-19: Germany to offer free shots for all adults from June 7

BERLIN, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany will stop restricting coronavirus vaccines to more vulnerable groups from June 7, paving the way for the entire adult population to get free immunisations from that date onwards, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. The decision to end the prioritisation in Germany’s vaccination campaign does not mean everybody…

Covid-19: ‘Up to 10 years needed’ to vaccinate Venezuela at current rate

A teacher receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a public school in Caracas CARACAS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s slow rate of vaccination for COVID-19 means it could take up to 10 years for the country to be fully vaccinated, the president of the nation’s Academy…

Covid-19: Pres Biden to send 20 million doses of US-authorised vaccines abroad for first time

WASHINGTON, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden will send at least 20 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June, marking the first time the United States is sharing vaccines authorised for domestic use. The move marks a notable pivot from the White House as the…

Record 2,700 migrants reach Spain’s Ceuta enclave in one day

Hundreds of young Moroccans wait to cross the border with Spain in the town of Castillejos, also known as Fnideq MADRID, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 2,700 migrants, about a thousand of them minors, reached Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, Spanish officials said, a record in a…