UN expresses concern over abduction of Libyan Red Crescent Society official

TRIPOLI, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed concern over abduction of the head of the Libyan Red Crescent Society in Ajdabia city, some 900 km east of the capital Tripoli. UNSMIL “is concerned for the safety and security of Mr Mansour Atti al-Maghrbi,…

Peru begins second round of presidential elections

LIMA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru opened on Sunday morning more than 12,000 voting centers for the second round of presidential elections. A total of 25,287,954 Peruvians are eligible to vote in the election, which will decide whether Keiko Fujimori or Pedro Castillo will accede to the presidency for the…

Merkel’s party streaks ahead in state election: exit poll

BERLIN, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led its rivals in the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, a big boost of morale for the conservatives in the September federal election. The CDU garnered 36 percent of the votes, up by…

US shooting1: Suspect detained after gunshots reported near California Christian university campus

LOS ANGELES, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities said a suspect was taken into custody after gunshots were fired near a college campus in Southern California. Azusa Pacific University issued a shelter-in-place order for students and employees on Sunday afternoon after shots were reported after 1 p.m. local time. The Christian…

US shooting: 3 dead, multiple people injured after shooting at graduation party in Miami-Dade area

Detectives cross the street near the Miami-Dade Kendall Campus in Miami, Florida MIAMI (Florida, US), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people were fatally shot and multiple others were injured early Sunday in the second mass shooting to erupt on consecutive weekends in Miami-Dade County, according to police. The…

Mexico holds historic midterm elections

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico began midterm elections on Sunday with the opening of about 161,000 polling stations throughout the country, with about 90 million people eligible to vote to fill more than 20,000 public positions. At 8:00 a.m. local time, polling…

Covid-19: Germany fights trade in fake vaccine certificates

A genuine Covid vaccination form in Berlin BERLIN, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A German police force has set up a special team to combat a growing black market in forged vaccine certificates. Police in Cologne told the broadcaster ARD that fraudsters were communicating via an encrypted messenger service which makes investigations difficult. They…

Denmark Parliament approves giant artificial island off Copenhagen

What the new island of Lynetteholm, off Copenhagen in Denmark, would look like COPENHAGEN,  June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs. The giant island, named Lynetteholm, would be…

Nicaragua detains another opposition presidential hopeful

MANAGUA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Nicaragua took opposition politician Arturo Cruz into custody, detaining a second presidential hopeful in less than a week. Cruz was seized Saturday at the Managua airport upon return from the United States, on accusations of acting “against Nicaraguan society and the rights of…

At least 138 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attacks since 2015

OUAGADOUGOU, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso’s volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced the Saturday attack near the borders with Mali and…