Portugal corruption scandal: President dissolves parliament and calls an early election after prime minister quit

LISBON, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that he was dissolving the nation’s parliament and calling an early election, the announcement coming two days after Prime Minister António Costa resigned with his government tainted by a corruption scandal. The new election, Rebelo de Sousa said,…

Cuba: Havana University hosts International Human Rights Congress

HAVANA, Dec 8 (NNN-ACN) — With the attendance of Law experts and representatives of agencies supporting sustainable development and fair peace in Cuba and the World, the Aula Magna of the University of Havana hosted the opening of the 6th International Congress on Human Rights.The opening ceremony was attended by…

Nigerian citizens protest accidental ‘Army bombing’ that killed 120 civilians

Kaduna residents captured in the ongoing protest KADUNA (Nigeria), Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protest is currently ongoing in Zaria, Kaduna State, as residents hit the street to express their disappointment after the Nigerian Army bombing that took place in Tudun Biri community in the Igabi local government area.Several residents were…

Germany says it plans to attract skilled foreign workers

BERLIN, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Continuing from previous weeks, Germany says it is hoping to combat its shortage of skilled workers with a new ‘opportunity card’. The ‘chancenkarte’ should use a points-based system should enable workers with the required skills to come to Germany more easily.It is part of a strategy proposed by…

US throws weight behind Guyana in territorial dispute with Venezuela

A man walks in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included WASHINGTON/GEORGETOWN/CARACAS, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States says it is fully backing Guyana against Venezuela’s threat to annex its oil-rich western territory as tensions soar over their border dispute. US Secretary of…

Establishment of BRICS Disability Forum in the spotlight

PRETORIA, Dec 8 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) is hosting a virtual meeting with technical experts on the proposed establishment of a Disability Forum within BRICS countries. The Disability Forum will aim to promote the mainstreaming of disability inclusion across BRICS priority…

Peru: Over 22,500 ha of illegal coca crops eradicated in 2023

LIMA, Dec 8 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru eradicated more than 22,500 hectares of illegal coca crops this year, thanks to the work carried out by the Interior Ministry‘s Special Project for Control and Reduction of Illegal Crops in Alto Huallaga (Corah). After concluding the eradication work corresponding to the year 2023, Corah issued a report…

South African police make R150 million cocaine bust at Durban Harbour

DURBAN (South Africa), Dec 8 (NNN-SANEWS) — KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has commended the successful operation by a multi-disciplinary team of police intelligence and border agents at the Port of Durban which has taken millions of rand worth of drugs off the street. Police seized drugs valued at R150 million…

US gun violence: Ex-professor had ‘target list’ when he killed three University of Nevada, Las Vegas Campus professors

LAS VEGAS (Nevada, US), Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An ex-college professor was “struggling financially” and carrying a “target list” when he fatally shot three faculty members and injured a fourth at a Las Vegas campus, say police. The 67-year-old suspect was fatally shot by police during Wednesday’s attack at the…

Seychelles blast site like a war zone, says President Ramkalawan

The blast ripped through the area, flattening commercial buildings and wrecking nearby housing VICTORIA, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A massive explosion at an industrial zone on Seychelles’ main island, Mahé, left the place looking “as if we went through a war”, President Wavel Ramkalawan has said. It had ripped through the…