US, China hold rare talks on nuclear arms control

 WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China on Monday held rare talks on nuclear arms control, a new step to ease mistrust ahead of an expected presidential summit next week. The talks — the first meeting specifically on nuclear arms between the two powers since president Barack…

Jamaica will give priority to Mining Sector

KINGSTON, Nov 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, has stated that his Ministry will give priority attention to the mining sector to facilitate increased production and the discovery of new export markets. According to official reports, the country experienced a 164.2 percent expansion in…

Haitian Ministry of Education presents new curriculum

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — Haiti’s Ministry of Education has presented the new Curricular Orientation Framework that introduces changes in subjects and adds others such as citizenship education. Citizenship education will be taught from preschool through the last year of high school, explained the Minister of National Education and Vocational…

AU urges investment in Education, Skills Development in Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — The African Union (AU) called for more investment in education and skills development in Africa by applying a new form of social contract. According to a statement from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the appeal was made by Mohamed Belhocine, AU…

Portugal PM Costa resigns over corruption scandal

Antonio Costa is being investigated for embezzlement, corruption and influence peddling in a lithium and hydrogen deal LISBON, Nov 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — Antonio Costa, prime minister of Portugal, resigned on Tuesday, after becoming the target of an investigation into alleged government corruption. Costa submitted his resignation to President Marcelo Rebelo…

National Geographic includes Peru’s capital Lima among most exciting destinations to visit in 2024

LONDON, Nov 8 (NNN-ANDINA) — The National Geographic Traveller (UK) has included Lima, the City of Kings, in a recent list that features the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024, the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism (PromPeru) reported. “The Cool List 2024” indicates that the Peruvian capital stands…

Peru: New Foreign Affairs Minister sworn in

LIMA, Nov 8 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte on Tuesday afternoon administered the oath of office to Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea Franco, who has become the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru. Gonzalez-Olaechea Franco replaces Ana Cecilia Gervasi Diaz, who stepped down from the post on Monday. During the ceremony, held at the…

Fight against TB back on track after Covid disruptions: WHO

 GENEVA, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deaths from tuberculosis dipped last year amid a dramatic increase in diagnosis and treatment of the world’s second deadliest disease, the World Health Organization said.    The UN health agency hailed a “significant worldwide recovery” in efforts to rein in tuberculosis, marking “an encouraging trend…

French Navy seized 885 kilos of cocaine off West African coast

French customs agent seizing a bag of cocaine PARIS, Nov 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The French Navy seized 885 kg of cocaine off the coast of West Africa on Saturday morning from a fishing boat coming from Latin America, the Atlantic maritime prefecture announced in a press release. On Saturday, the…

Libya deports 600 undocumented Egyptians

Libya: migrants boarding buses during a deportation operation by the Ministry of Interior in the Tripoli-based government TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Some 600 Egyptian nationals residing illegally in Libya queued outside the Tripoli-based Directorate of Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM) to receive a pass that would enable them to leave…