Peru’s President: We do not need strikes or stoppages, but talk and dialogue in peace

MORROPON (Piura region, Peru), Aug 25 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte stressed that Peru does not need strikes or stoppages, but rather talk and dialogue in peace to solve the problems that affect workers in Piura and other areas of the country. During the inauguration of Chulucanas Hospital in Piura region,…

Russia: Pres Putin says Prigozhin made ‘mistakes’ but ‘achieved results

       MOSCOW, Aug  25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his “condolences” over a plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, describing him as a man who made mistakes but “achieved results”.  An investigation is underway into what caused Wednesday’s crash, which came exactly two months after Wagner’s short-lived rebellion…

Russia publishes names of passengers, crew on crashed Embraer plane

MOSCOW, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Russian civil aviation authority (Rosaviatsia) published on Thursday the names of all 10 passengers and crew members who were on board the Embraer plane that crashed in the Tver region, among them — Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin. Also on the list were Sergey…

Brics Summit: BRICS to admit six new members next year – Argentina, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt and UAE

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that the BRICS club of emerging nations will admit six new members, including Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iran, at the start of next year. “We have decided to invite the Argentine Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the…

Putin may have been behind Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane crash, Biden says

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden suggested that Russia’s Pres Vladimir Putin could have been behind the plane crash that reportedly killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday. “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind. But I don’t know enough to know the answer,” Biden…

Nigeria: Many feared dead as multi-storey building collapses in Abuja during heavy downpour; only 7 rescued so far

ABUJA, Aug 24 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Yet-to-be determined number of people were feared dead and many others trapped in a multi-storey building, which collapsed amidst heavy downpour on Wednesday night in Abuja. The building is located at the ever-busy Lagos Street in Garki village area of Garki II district of Abuja.…

Spanish Civil Guard seizes 700 kilos of cocaine headed to Europe via Canary Islands

MADRID, Aug 24 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Europol has supported the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) in dismantling a criminal organization smuggling large quantities of cocaine from South America to the European Union via the Canary Islands. The operation also involved law enforcement authorities from Croatia, Italy and Serbia. The investigation identified…

Uruguayan unions go on strike, again demanding shorter working hours and wage increases

MONTEVIDEO, Aug 24 (NNN-EFE) — Uruguay’s trade union central, the PIT-CNT, carried out a partial four-hour strike with a mobilization, in which it again called for a law to reduce the working day from 48 to 40 hours a week. “We challenge the public debate that is necessary for our…

IMF releases US$7.5 billion loan for floundering Argentina

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a loan tranche of US$7.5 billion (RM35 billion) for Argentina, in a deal that took four months to negotiate. The IMF Executive Board announced the deal in Washington on Wednesday. “The IMF Executive Board completed Wednesday the fifth…

Eastern DRCongo: UN food aid hangs in the balance amid severe funding crunch

GENEVA, Aug 24 (NNN-KBC) — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by ongoing political instability and armed conflicts, severely impacting the entire food supply, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said. The situation is particularly alarming in the east, where malnutrition…