UN Sec Gen Guterres will travel to Egypt to unblock humanitarian aid to Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, will travel to Egypt on Thursday to hold talks with authorities from that nation and the region, his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said. Guterres will arrive in Cairo in the midst of the largest escalation…

South Africa floods: Three die, teenager missing in Eastern Cape rains

CAPE TOWN, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The OR Tambo District Municipality Mayor Mesuli Ngqondwana has sent condolences to families that have lost their loved ones following Monday’s heavy rains in various parts of the district. In the Nyandeni Local Municipality, three people have lost their lives in separate incidents. A…

Members of Chilean delegation in China test positive for Covid-19

BEIJING, Oct 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Various members of the Chilean delegation touring China ahead of the III Forum of the Belt and Road International Cooperation have tested positive for Covid-19 although President Gabriel Boric Font’s results came back negative. All those infected will begin a 5-day isolation as per Chilean…

Kenya, China sign business deals worth Ksh 63 billion

BEIJING (China), Oct 18 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya and China have signed business deals covering ICT, health and engineering sectors worth Ksh 63 billion. The business deals, which were signed by the Kenya Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its China counterpart are part of efforts to intensify trade between the…

Mexican authorities arrest 315 suspected migrant traffickers

MEXICO CITY, Oct 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mexican authorities have arrested 315 suspected human traffickers so far this year for smuggling undocumented migrants towards the US border, the National Migration Institute (INM) said Tuesday. The suspects were apprehended between Jan 1 and Oct 15 in 13 of Mexico’s 32 states as…

Bombing of hospital: African Union chief accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

  ADDIS ABABA, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat accused Israel of a “war crime” following the deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza strip on Tuesday.    “There are no words to fully express our condemnation of Israel’s bombing of a #Gaza hospital…

Bombing of Gaza hospital: Russia, UAE call for emergency UN Security Council meeting Wednesday: diplomat

MOSCOW, Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and the United Arab Emirates called Tuesday for an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting following the deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip that left at least 200 dead. “Russia and the United Arab Emirates have called for an urgent public meeting…

Venezuela government, opposition agree on 2024 elections

BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Oct 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s government and opposition agreed in a fresh round of negotiations Tuesday that presidential elections will be held in the second half of next year, with international observers present. An agreement to this effect was signed in Barbados in Norway-mediated talks, with an undertaking…

Two foreign tourists, local guide killed in attack in western Uganda

KAMPALA, Oct 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Two foreign tourists and a Ugandan guide were killed Tuesday evening after their safari vehicle was attacked in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda, police said. “We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth…

Brazil’s Amazonian Negro River registers lowest water level since 1902

A boat and a ferry boat stranded on the banks of the Negro River in Manaus MANAUS (Brazil), Oct 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Negro River, one of the main waterways in Brazil’s Amazon region, recorded its lowest water level since 1902 on Monday, with dozens of boats stranded on its…