EU anti deforestation law will impact 34% of Brazilian exports: Government

BRASILIA, Oct 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The government of Pres Lula da Silva estimates that the new European Union, EU, anti-deforestation law will have a 34% impact on Brazilian exports to Europe and 15% on the country’s total exports. Folha de Sao Paulo informed the measure applies to products in the…

New York police arrest hundreds at Jewish protest urging Gaza ceasefire

NEW YORK, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people were arrested when police broke up a large demonstration of mostly Jewish New Yorkers who had taken over the main hall of Grand Central station in protest of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, police and organizers said. The New York Police Department…

Panama bans new mining deals, but fails to quell protests

PANAMA CITY, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo announced a ban on new metal mining concessions, but maintained a contract with a Canadian company that has sparked massive protests in thecountry. In a televised address, the president said the government had issued a decree “declaring a ban on…

US, China agree to work towards Biden-Xi meeting next month

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China agreed to work towards setting up a meeting between the two countries’ leaders next month, American officials said after President Joe Biden met Beijing’s top diplomat at the White House. Biden has invited Xi Jinping to San Francisco in November…

Malta hosts fresh round of Ukraine-backed peace talks

VALLETTA, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A third round of Ukrainian-backed peace talks opens in Malta Saturday with representatives from more than 50 countries. But Moscow, denouncing it as “a blatantly anti-Russian event” is staying away. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes the two-day meeting, held behind closed doors, will drum up…

Kenya: Two die after heavy rains in Marsabit County

NAIROBI, Oct 28 (NNN-KNA) — At least two have died in two separate incidents of drowning following a heavy downpour that hit some parts of Marsabit County. Marsabit County commissioner Nobert Komora said the two persons who drowned were a 70-year-old man from Loglogo location’s Lbaarok area which got flooded…

Zimbabwe extends use of foreign currency until 2030

HARARE, Oct 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the use of foreign currency in settling domestic transactions and payment of goods and services until December 2030. Mnangagwa made the declaration in a Statutory Instrument gazetted Friday, which overrides an earlier regulation that had set 2025 as the…

Peru in contact with Mexico to evacuate hurricane affected citizens

LIMA, Oct 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Peru is talking with Mexico to assist Peruvians affected by Hurricane Otis that swept the southern Mexican state of Guerrero earlier this week, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The ministry is closely following the reopening of roads “to be able to immediately” evacuate the affected…

Bomb threats target schools, public institutions throughout Germany

BERLIN, Oct 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of several schools across Germany on Friday. The alerts followed similar threats made throughout the week in different parts of the country. “The schools were searched for suspicious objects, but none were found,” the Aalen police, in southern Germany, said…

Tunisian FM, French envoy discuss Libya’s situation

TUNIS, Oct 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar called for a peaceful solution to settle the Libyan crisis during a meeting with visiting Special Envoy of the French President to Libya Paul Soler on Friday, according to a statement released by Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, Ammar…