US Government promotes investment into Peru

LIMA, Nov 9 (NNN-ANDINA) — Representatives of various United States Government agencies met virtually with leaders of Peruvian private and government sectors with the purpose of promoting and fostering US investment into the South American country, the US Embassy in Lima reported on Wednesday. This event was inaugurated with the…

German police arrest two teens, seize toy weapons over school ‘threat’

BERLIN, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German police arrested two teenagers and seized a pair of “apparent toy weapons” on Wednesday after evacuating a high school in Hamburg over a security threat. Authorities had said earlier that two people, “possibly youths”, had pulled out a firearm in the school before “leaving…

Somalia floods kill 29, displace 300,000 people

MOGADISHU, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Flash flooding in southwestern Somalia has claimed the lives of more than two dozen people and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes, an official said, as El Nino downpours lash East Africa.      Since the beginning of the month, ferocious rainstorms have hit…

Russia puts another ICC judge on wanted list

MOSCOW, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said that it had put on its wanted list another judge of the International Criminal Court, which is seeking the arrest of President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine conflict. “Wanted in the framework of a criminal investigation,” said a notice in the interior ministry’s…

South Africa remains the preferred investment destination in Africa: Pres Ramaphosa

GAUTENG (South Africa), Nov 8 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised that South Africa remains one of the preferred investment destinations and is an important gateway for markets and other business opportunities throughout the continent. The President was delivering remarks at the Procter & Gamble Plant launch in Kempton…

Colombian president Petro peace program with guerrillas in a blackout

BOGOTA, Nov 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — More trouble for embattled Colombian president Gustavo Petro and his ambitious peace program. The main dissident group of former guerrillas, which refused to disarm when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) accepted a peace deal in 2016, suspended peace talks with the Colombian government…

Seven Cubans defect during Pan American Games in Chile – 6 women hockey players and 1 athlete

SANTIAGO, Nov 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Seven Cuban athletes have left the Caribbean country’s delegation at the Santiago (Chile) Pan-American Games unwilling to return home, it was reported in the Chilean capital. According to international media covering the sporting event, six members of the women’s field hockey team and one hurdler…

Panama Canal drought emergency, ships booking slots cut to 25 per day and to 18 next February

PANAMA CITY, Nov 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Following on the driest October since at least 1950, the Panama Canal Authority has said it has been forced to cut the number of ships using the waterway. This will naturally have an impact on the cost of shipping goods across the world. The…

‘Tanzania is safe destination for investors’

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 8 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — The government efforts to create friendly business and investment climate have made Tanzania to be a safe destination for investors from different parts of the world. “We make great efforts to build strong relationships with foreign countries interested in making investments in the country…

Tunisia re-captured 5 notorious prison escapees

Tunisian police stand guard in the capital Tunis TUNIS, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian security and military forces recaptured five prisoners who escaped from prison last week.  The Tunisian Interior Ministry said they escaped prison while serving sentences for the crime of killing police and politicians.  Four of them were…