Ghana to plant about 5 mln trees to combat deforestation

ACCRA, June 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ghana aimed to plant 5 million trees on Friday as part of efforts to mitigate climate change and restore the country’s dwindling forest belt. In Accra, the capital, diplomatic representatives joined the Forestry Commission to plant tree seedlings in parts of the Achimota Forest, the…

Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, UAE elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Friday for a two-year term. The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan 1, 2022, and will serve till Dec.…

Russian Pres Putin hopes Pres Biden less impulsive than Trump

WASHINGTON, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced hope that Joe Biden will be less impulsive than his predecessor Donald Trump, ahead of his first summit with the new US leader. In an interview with NBC News, Putin described Biden as a “career man” who spent his life…

Number of migrants at US border hits new record high

US Vice-President Kamala Harris  WASHINGTON, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The number of undocumented migrants reaching the US-Mexico border has hit the highest level in more than 20 years in the latest sign of the humanitarian crisis facing the Biden administration. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it caught 180,034 migrants, mostly single…

Puerto Rico electricity firm says hit by cyber-attack and fire

SAN JUAN, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire at an electrical substation left hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans in the dark, shortly after the power company reported a cyberattack that it did not immediately link to the blaze. Luma Energy confirmed the Thursday fire at a facility in the…

Covid-19: Global toll at 1000 GMT Friday

PARIS, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,775,362 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources as at 1000 GMT on Friday. At least 174,762,040 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered,…

Covid-19: Germany to lift travel warning for most countries from July

BERLIN, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany will lift its pandemic travel warning for most countries from July 1, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, bringing back more normalcy as citizens are increasingly vaccinated against Covid-19. Countries recording infection rates of 50-200 cases per 100,000 people in seven days would no longer…

Covid-19: G7 leaders at UK summit target plan for 1bn jabs

FALMOUTH (UK), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — G7 leaders on Friday open a three-day summit aimed at helping to end the Covid-19 pandemic and forge a climate-centric economic recovery, after pledging to donate one billion vaccine doses for the world’s poorest countries. US President Joe Biden and his colleagues from Britain,…

PM Johnson hails Britain’s ‘indestructible’ relationship with US

LONDON, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the UK-US relationship as “indestructible” after his first meeting with President Joe Biden ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit which opens on Friday. “It’s a relationship, you can call it the ‘deep and meaningful relationship’, whatever you want, the…

UN Concerned Over Deadly Air Attack In Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United Nations yesterday expressed deep concern, over a deadly drone and missile attack in Yemen that came close to humanitarian workers’ housing. “The United Nations is deeply concerned by Thursday’s missile and drone attack in Marib City, which reportedly caused dozens of civilian…
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