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Fiji to be reopened to foreign travellers

BSS : Fiji will ease Covid-19 restrictions and announce its reopening for international travel after the country hit a vaccination milestone on Saturday.Changes to the country’s virus restrictions would be announced on Sundayafternoon after...

Two killed in Syria as Israel missile strikes

BSS :An Israeli missile strike on an airbase in central Syria has killed two Damascus-allied foreign fighters and wounded several Syrian service personnel, a Britain-based war monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for...

Seven die in gas explosion at Zimbabwe gold mine

Reuters :Seven people, including six foreign nationals, died when some gas cylinders exploded at the SAS gold mine in Zimbabwe’s Mazowe district on Thursday, police said.The six foreigners were Chinese, Mazowe lawmaker Fortune Chasi...

Four killed in US small plane crash

BSS :All four people aboard were killed Friday after a small plane crashed and burst into flames near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. media reported citing authorities. Multiple media outlets cited the Federal Aviation Administration as...

Chile prosecutors to investigate President

Reuters :Chile’s public prosecutor said on Friday it would open an investigation into the sale of a mining project involving the family of President Sebastian Pinera after new details emerged about the transaction in...

Bootleg alcohol kills 17 in Russia

BSS :Seventeen people in Russia have died after drinking surrogate alcohol containing highly toxic methanol, officials said Friday, with investigators launching criminal probes.The deaths are the latest in Russia from the consumption of a...

Troops on guard in Nigeria after rescue.

Nigeria rescues nearly 200 kidnap victims in northwest

Nigerian security forces have rescued nearly 200 kidnap victims during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense forests in the country’s northwest, police said.Heavily armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits have plagued...