California to ban smoking, vaping at state beaches, parks
LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — California will ban smoking and vaping at state beaches and parks starting next year under a new legislation signed…
Outsider Saied set for landslide in Tunisia presidency: exit polls
TUNIS, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kais Saied, a political outsider, was headed for a landslide victory Sunday in Tunisia’s presidential…
16 killed in Burkina Faso mosque attack: security sources
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixteen people died and two were seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in…
Germany bans weapons sales to Turkey over Syria offensive
BERLIN, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Germany said it is halting sales of weapons to Turkey over its widely criticised operation…
US: Firefighters curb southern California blazes
LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires raging across southernCalifornia abated on Saturday with evacuation orders lifted after 100,000people were…
Ecuador president orders curfew, military control in Quito
QUITO, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador President Lenin Morenoordered the capital Quito and surrounding areas placed under curfew andmilitary control,…
Measles deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo top 4,000, Unicef rushes medical kits
KINSHASA, Oct 12 (NNN-UNICEF) — UNICEF is vaccinating thousands more children against measles and rushing life-saving medicines to health centers…
US blockade affects Cuba’s tobacco industry
HAVANA, Oct 12 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States…
Ethiopia converts former torture centre to tourist hotspot
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 12 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A palace that once housed Ethiopia’s emperors and also served as a torture site…
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma to be tried for corruption: court
Ex President Jacob Zuma PRETORIA, Oc5t 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The corruption trial of former South African former President Jacob Zuma will…