Nile dam talks with Ethiopia, Sudan reach deadlock: Egypt
CAIRO, Oct 06: The recent negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built on the Nile River reached a "dead end," spokesman for Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Sibai, said on Saturday. The spokesman held Ethiopia responsible for the failure of the negotiations as the Ethiopian side rejected all the proposals that would help Egypt avoid serious harms due to the construction of the dam, according to Egypt's state-run MENA news agency. — Xinhua
Sirisena drops re-election bid
COLOMBO, Oct 06: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to stand for re-election in November polls as the politically influential Rajapakse family nominated two candidates by final registration on Sunday. Sirisena's name was not on a list of 41 candidates who paid deposits by Sunday's noon deadline to contest the November 16 presidential poll, according to Election Commission records.It means Sirisena will leave office the day after the election, cutting short his five-year term by 52 days. — AFP
Portugal Socialists tipped for re-election
LISBON, Oct 06: Portugal votes on Sunday with Prime Minister Antonio Costa's Socialists tipped to win a second straight term after presiding over a period of solid economic growth following years of austerity. Costa's likely re-election bucks the trend of declining centre-left fortunes and the rise of far-right, populist parties seen elsewhere in Europe. Polling stations open at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) and will close at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT), with results announced later on Sunday. — AFP
Rwanda attack claims eight lives
KIGALI, Oct 06: Gunmen killed eight people and injured 18 in an overnight attack in northern Rwanda near the Volcanoes National Park, famous for its mountain gorilla sanctuary, police said on Saturday. Tourism officials insisted that all visitors to the park were safe after the attack in Musanze district, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. — AFP
Brazilian leader orders police, navy to probe oil spills
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 06: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has instructed federal police and the navy to join an investigation of oil spills that have contaminated parts of the northeast coast in recent weeks. The order, published in an official gazette on Saturday, escalates a probe into the pollution that environmental officials say has affected coastal waters and dozens of beaches.— AP
Australia to fund research on medicinal cannabis
SYDNEY, Oct 06: Australia will provide A$3.0 million ($2.03 million) for research on the use of cannabis to help cancer patients, its health minister said on Sunday, as the demand for medicinal cannabis products grows rapidly. While legal in most of Australia, such products are allowed only to patients on the prescription of a doctor, and a license is required to grow and make medicinal cannabis.—Reuters
American journalist shot in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Oct 06: An American journalist with National Geographic was discharged from a Mexican hospital Saturday after being shot in the leg while interviewing a purported drug dealer in Ciudad Juarez, a city just south of El Paso, Texas. Jorge Nava, attorney general for the northern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, said in a video message. — AP
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