UK imposes tougher visa rules and salary threshold for foreign workers

LONDON, Dec 6 (NNN-GNA) — The United Kingdom government has unveiled a raft of measures aimed at reducing net migration as well as substantial increment in the salary requirement for individuals seeking to live in the UK. The move, which has been tabled by the Conservative Party, led by Prime…

Rescue mission continues in Zambia for miners buried in mudslide after 1 rescued alive

Zambian army special forces officers follow the rescue operation of miners LUSAKA, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers in Zambia have pulled out the first survivor of a Dec. 1 landslide that inundated a open-pit copper mine and trapped at least 25 people who were working there without a permit,…

Guinea-Bissau’s parliament dissolved after ‘coup bid’

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has been in office since 2020 BISSAU, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s president has issued a decree dissolving parliament after saying that he had survived an attempted coup last week.Heavy battles raged in the early hours of Friday in the capital Bissau between members of…

2023 will be the hottest year on record, EU monitor confirms

 PARIS, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — This year will be the hottest in recorded history after November became the sixth record-breaking month in a row, Europe’s climate monitor said Wednesday, piling pressure on the COP28 talks to act on climate change. “The extraordinary global November temperatures, including two days warmer than…

Brazil mobilizes military amid potential Venezuela-Guyana conflict

BRASILIA, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Brazilian Ministry of Defense has announced the deployment of troops to its northern border as a preemptive “defensive measure” in response to escalating tensions between Venezuela and Guyana. The dispute between the two nations revolves around the territory of Essequibo, encompassing an area of 159,542 square…

Update US violence: Man who lived at Virginia home that exploded is presumed dead, police say

James Yoo.via LinkedIn ARLINGTON (Virginia, US), Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Virginia man whose house in suburban Washington, D.C., blew up had a history of making unsubstantiated complaints that he had been defrauded, and just days before the explosion he claimed on social media that his neighbors were spies. James Yoo is…

South Africa: White Paper on electric vehicles released

PRETORIA, Dec 6 (NNN-SANEWS) — Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has released a White Paper that outlines a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) roadmap for South Africa and the structure of a suite of policy interventions tailored to the automotive industry. “It is a product of constructive engagement with…

South Africa’s plan to tackle climate action must leave no one behind – Pres Ramaphosa

PRETORIA, Dec 6 (NNN-SANEWS) — As South Africa grapples with an energy crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa has used the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, known as COP28, to emphasise that the nation’s transition towards equitable energy will align closely with South Africa’s developmental objectives. In his weekly newsletter,…

Venezuela, Guyana tensions rise over disputed oil-rich region

Pres Nicolás Maduro waves a Venezuelan flag in Caracas at a campaign rally over the Essequibo referendum CARACAS/GEORGETOWN, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tensions rose between Venezuela and Guyana as Caracas proposed a bill to declare a Venezuelan province in a disputed oil-rich region and ordered the state oil company to…

US has highest number on record of mass killings and deaths in single year

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden lay flowers at Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the sites of mass shooting WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The latest mass killing in the United States happened Sunday (Dec 3) in Kellogg, Idaho, where a 31-year-old man was detained at the…