Brazil: Recife subway strike ends after 23 days

RECIFE (Pernambuco, Brazil), Aug 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Workers of Recife’s underground have announced the end of their 23-day strike. Therefore, trains in the capital of the Brazilian State of Pernambuco will be running again as of Monday, it was decided late Friday. The Pernambuco Subway Workers’ Union (Sindmetro-PE) said the…

Argentina: Mar del Plata breakwater closed due to sea lions dying of bird flu

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Coast Guard and port authorities in the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata closed the South breakwater after the National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) confirmed two cases of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 in sea lions in the…

Tanzania’s Minister confident of attracting 5 million tourist in 2025

ARUSHA (Tanzania), Aug 28 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Tanzania’s Minister of Tourism and Natural Resources Mohamed Mchengerwa has expressed confidence that Tanzania would welcome 5 million foreign tourists in 2025, exceeding the target of 4.5million. Mchengerwa reaffirmed his position in Arusha while witnessing the great wildebeest migration–the 800 kilometer trek of the…

Zanzibar: Devise new ways to promote domestic tourism – Pres Mwinyi

ZANZIBAR, Aug 28 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Hussein Ali Mwinyi has challenged authorities, investors and members of the business community to have workable plans and be innovative in order to promote domestic tourism and attract more tourists. Dr Mwinyi noted that there are still a number of underutilised opportunities in the…

Alps rockslide halts train services between France and Italy

LYON, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Train services between France and Italy have been halted until Thursday at the earliest, after a huge rockslide in the Maurienne valley of the French Alps which also blocked some roads, officials said Monday. Regional authorities in Savoie said the rockslide occurred at 5:15 pm…

China and El Salvador strengthen ties and seek greater cooperation

BEIJING, Aug 28 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — China and El Salvador strengthen collaboration in infrastructure construction and educational exchange while evaluating new opportunities for cooperation. The ambassador of El Salvador, Aldo Álvarez, stressed in an interview with Prensa Latina the solid relationship and the good state of the political dialogues between…

Neolithic village discovered in France after 150 years of research

VAL-DES-MARAIS (France), Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Archaeologists working a vast Neolithic site in northeast France have uncovered what they say is the last piece of the puzzle — traces of a permanent settlement. The settlement was unearthed at the vast Neolithic site of Marais de Saint-Gond, giving rare insights into…

US hate crimes: White gunman kills three Black people in Florida – Police

The killer shot himself after a standoff with police JACKSONVILLE (Florida, US), Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A masked white man has shot dead three Black people in a shop in Florida, in the southern United States, in a racially motivated attack, according to local authorities.According to the sheriff’s office in…

US gun violence: 2 people died, 5 injured in downtown Louisville shooting outside a restaurant

LOUISVILLE (Kentucky, US), Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An overnight shooting in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, has left two people dead and five more injured, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call outside the Southern Restaurant & Lounge around 3 a.m., according to the Louisville Metro Police Department. The first victim,…

Zimbabwe opposition claims victory, contesting president’s re-election

HARARE, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa contested the official re-election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and claimed victory in an election which international observers said fell short of democratic standards. Mnangagwa, 80, won a second term with 52.6 per cent of the ballots against 44 per cent…