China has not yet accepted US help with coronavirus: White House adviser

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has been more transparent about the coronavirus than it has been in previous crises but Beijing has not yet accepted a US offer of help to contain the epidemic, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said. “So far the Chinese have been more transparent…

Uber suspends 240 users accounts in Mexico over possible virus contact

Uber said Mexico City health authorities requested information on a possible carrier of coronavirus. MEXICO CITY, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uber has suspended the accounts of 240 users in Mexico who may have been in contact with drivers that ferried a person suspected of having the deadly coronavirus. More than 300…

20 China evacuees in France showing coronavirus symptoms: Minister

A bus carrying French citizens flown out of Wuhan arrives at a firefighters’ training centre in Aix-en-Provence, southern France AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France), Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 20 of the 250 people flown back to France from China on Sunday because of the coronavirus outbreak are presenting symptoms of the virus,…

Update: UK vows action after police kill ‘convicted extremist’ in terror stabbing

Sudesh Amman was shot dead by undercover cops in South London LONDON, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government promised sweeping changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists released from prison, after police shot dead an extremist who stabbed two people in a busy south London street on…

Algeria, Tunisia discuss Libyan crisis, bilateral cooperation

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (L) with Tunisian President Kais Saied in Algiers ALGIERS, Feb 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that Algiers and Tunis have “convergent views” on international and regional issues, including the Libyan crisis, the official APS news agency reported. The president made the remarks during…

Zimbabwe govt – civil servants reach 140% salary hike deal

HARARE, Feb 3 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Zimbabwean government and civil servants have reached an agreement for the immediate increase of salaries. According to Cecilia Alexander, head of the public employees’ trade union confederation, “the provisional agreement” reached with the government provides for a “salary adjustment based on the cost of…

US: Pres Trump impeachment trial to resume for final arguments

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial resumes for final arguments Monday before an expected acquittal later in the week that Democrats have said will be invalid because no witnesses testified. The president was impeached in December for abuse of power over pressure on US ally Ukraine…

London police shoot man over ‘terrorism-related’ stabbings

LONDON, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Police shot dead a man wearing a “hoax” explosive device after a stabbing attack in south London that left three people wounded and was described by police as a “terrorism-related incident”. The London ambulance service said three people had been taken to hospital after the…

Kidnapping of students sparks anti-government protests in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several thousand protesters took to the streets in Ethiopian cities last week, demanding Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed do more to tackle simmering ethnic violence following the kidnapping of a group of university students. Armed men abducted the students from…

Somalia declares ‘national emergency’ over locust plague

Desert locusts’ destructive infestations cause significant crop damage and hunger MOGADISHU, Feb 3 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Somalia declared the invasion of locusts as a national emergency.Locusts have devastated food supplies in one of the poorest and most vulnerable regions of the world.A Sunday statement by Somalia’s Agriculture ministry said the move…