Essex lorry deaths: Four people jailed in Vietnam
The bodies of 29 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer HANOI/LONDON, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people have been jailed…
Covid-19: Pandemic cost global tourism $460 billion in January-June – UN
MADRID, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus crisis cost the global tourism sector $460 billion in lost revenue during the…
US wildfires: New York sees smoke from West Coast fires
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Smoke from the fires ravaging theAmerican West Coast traveled across the continent to reach…
Brazil’s wetlands burn, rain is ‘only hope’ – firefighters
PORTO JOFRE (Brazil), Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lieutenant Silva’s face isgrim as he watches his firefighters try — and fail…
US: Pres Trump says he wanted to kill Syrian Pres Assad, but then Defence Sec Mattis opposed
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he wanted to assassinate Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad in 2017,…
Peru economy minister survives congress censure vote
Economy Minister Maria Antonieta Alva LIMA, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s economy minister survived a censure motion in Congress on…
Covid-19: US Pres Trump says coronavirus vaccine could be ready in a month
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump saidthat a coronavirus vaccine may be available within a month — an…
Covid-19: UN could meet in-person on pandemic before year’s end
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nationsofficials anticipate an in-person General Assembly meeting in New York todiscuss the Covid-19…
Covid-19: Lufthansa Group pay €2.7billion in ticket refunds
BERLIN, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Airlines in the Lufthansa Group have so far reimbursed around 2.7 billion euros to a…
Ex-President Laurent Gbagbo and ex-PM barred from Ivorian elections
Supporters of Laurent Gbagbo had filed his candidacy for the presidency ABIDJAN, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Constitutional Court in…