US: White House asked agencies to prepare for a government shutdown scenario

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The White House asked federal agencies to be ready for a Government shutdown scenario after Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives had no feasible plan to maintain funding for the Government. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphasized: “Our message is: This cannot be allowed to…

Cuban FM attends NAM-G77+China meeting

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez attended the Ministerial Meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement (MNOAL), the G77+China. The meeting, held in the context of the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA), is a “mechanism with great potential for fruitful exchange…

Sudan crisis: 5.3 mln people displaced by war – OCHA

KHARTOUM, Sept 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that some 5.3 million have fled from the war in Sudan since mid-April when the conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “With fighting…

Brazil: 6 killed in police operation against criminal group

SALVADOR (Bahia, Brazil), Sept 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least six suspects were killed Friday as Brazilian police carried out its operation in Salvador, local media reported. Salvador is the capital of the state of Bahia, with a population of more than 2.9 million. The police launched a mega-operation against a…

US authorities return 35 irregular Cuban migrants

HAVANA, Sept 23 (NNN-ACN) — A group of 35 Irregular migrants were returned to Cuba on board a charter flight from the United States on Thursday.Thirty four men and one woman made up the group which arrived at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport, according to the Cuban Interior Ministry.Five of…

WTO boss wants Fisheries Subsidies Agreement ratified urgently

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GENEVA, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged member countries to expedite the ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies in order to combat overfishing in the world’s oceans.In a discussion with a group of 23 journalists…

Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu’s lock of hair returned after 140 years in UK

Captain Charles Speedy (L), who accompanied Prince Alemayehu (R) from Ethiopia, became his guardian LONDON, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A lock of hair from a young Ethiopian prince, who died over 140 years ago, has been handed over in the UK to representatives from his home country.In 1868, British soldiers…

Somali asks UN Security Council to delay Atmis troop drawdown

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Federal Government of Somalia has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to delay the ongoing troops drawdown from the country, signaling the reality that such a move could leave security gaps.Under the drawdown schedule, some 3,000 African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)…

Gunmen abduct female university students in north-west Nigeria

GUSAU (Zamfara, Nigeria), Sept 23 (NNN-GNA) — An unspecified number of female students have been kidnapped by armed gunmen from the Federal University Gusau in north-west Zamfara state, Nigeria.The abduction took place in the early hours of Friday, with assailants targeting three hostels in the Sabon Gida community. Witnesses reported…

Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN environment chief warned that humanity cannot just recycle its way out of the mess, and she called for a total rethink about the way we use plastics. “There…