Africa papers this evening
In Kenya, Reuters reports that the Supreme Court has leveled criticism on the independent electoral board in the country. This marks the first ruling since decamping the re-election of the incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta by over 1.5 million votes over his runner-up. This happens amid protests from both opposition and the President’s supporters.
Reports from Nigeria say that the Chief Justice of the country has given mandate to special courts and judges to carry out trials against suspected looters, writes The Vanguard.
North America this evening
In Mexico, the death toll after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook the nation has risen to more than 200 by Wednesday morning, even as rescue and search crews comb the areas around Mexico City for survivors. This report courtesy, Fox News.
In the United States, President Trump, in his initial UN address has argued on his strategies at bringing North Korea to its toes, citing the ‘rocket man’s’ need to be silenced after several repetitive missile tests. This according to NBC news.
Europe and UK papers this evening
Reports from the UK courtesy of the BBC reveal that two more terror suspects, one an orphaned man from Iraq have come into custody following the recent bombing of a London’s tube train. This brings the total under arrest to five.
The man credited with having averted a nuclear fallout between the West and the East in the 20th century, Stanislav Petrov, is dead. The man who died in May this year has only come to light after a belated official announcement. It was in 1983 when the Soviet military system falsely showed US missile coming towards Russia which Petrov ‘luckily’ interpreted as false alarm, a decision that rests on his shoulders as one that possibly prevented a nuclear warfare, if ever there was one. This is according to the BBC.
Asia Pacific and Australasia this evening
Reports from Washington courtesy of Times of Israel reveal the arraignment of South African twins for allegedly trying to bomb Jewish facilities in their country and attempting to join camp with IS in Syria.
In Australia, reports have emerged that a Christian education institution isolated a Sikh boy, ruled a tribunal. The ruling finds that the school prohibited the boy from wearing his turban or else not attend, writes ABC.
South America papers this evening
Archaelogy has it that lager-brewing yeast with resistance abilities against cold, making it to have remained for one millennium in pottery that researchers discovered on the Argentinean-Chiean border. This discovery casts Germany, the world’s traditional producer of lager brew, in the shadow of whether it really is the origin of lager.
In Peru, a Greek ship has come under scrutiny even as it embarks in the high seas once more after loads of cocaine were found on board, reports Trade Wind News.
End of today’s Evening Paper review of evening papers’ headlines from around the world.
