UN food agency announces ‘heartbreaking’ cuts to Haiti aid

UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN World Food Program on Monday announced deep cuts to emergency food assistance in Haiti that will see some 100,000 people go without aid this month, a move a topofficial called ‘heartbreaking.’ Halfway through the year, the organization’s response plan in Haiti is…

110 arrested in El Salvador over money laundering scheme

SAN SALVADOR, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Salvadoran officials on Monday announced the arrest of 110 members of an alleged international money laundering ring operating in the Central American country. Almost all member of the scheme were Colombian nationals, authorities in El Salvador said, alleging that they had failed to register…

Mexico: Pres Lopez Obrador calls Texas border immigration barriers “vulgar publicity stunts”

MEXICO CITY, July 18 (NNN-EFE) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has described the Texas government’s new border barriers as “advertising” and “very vulgar”, putting up a barbed wire fence and a bush barrier at Rio Grande, on the border between the two countries, to prevent migrants from crossing.…

Greece: Wildfires force evacuations near Athens

ATHENS, July 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Greek firefighters were battling wildfires on Monday near Kouvaras, a settlement some 30 km southeast of Athens, as well as in the vicinity of the seaside resort of Loutraki, about 80 km southwest of the capital, and at two other locations. No injuries have been…

Cuba and Belarus review state of bilateral ties

 HAVANA, July 18 (NNN-ACN) — Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Cuban deputy foreign minister, and Sergey Aléinik, Belarusian foreign minister, reviewed the state of bilateral ties and expressed their willingness to continue boosting economic and trade links between the two countries.The foreign ministry said on its website that Vidal Ferreiro reiterated her…

‘We don’t want charity’ – African leaders call for reforms of international financial system

Gathering of the AU General Assembly ADDIS ABABA, July 18 (NNN-GNA) — African leaders kicked off the mid-year coordination summit of the African Union here, with participants discussing the economic integration, and calling for reforms of the international financial system.While the world continues to face unprecedented crises from the social…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Over 9,200 civilians killed in the conflict – UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (NNN-TASS) — More than 9,200 civilians have been killed in the Ukrainian conflict, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said at a UN Security Council meeting.    According to her, over 500 days since the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, 9,287…

Poland: Cessna plane crashes into hangar sheltering people from storm, killing five, injuring eight

  WARSAW, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A small plane crashed into a hangar at an airfield near Warsaw on Monday, killing five people, officials said.    Rescuers said three people were aboard the plane when it collided with the corrugated iron hangar, where 13 people were sheltering from a storm.    “Five…

A Sh30 billion scheme launched to boost vanilla farming in Tanzania

Vanilla DODOMA (Tanzania), July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Over Sh30 billion is expected to be injected in the implementation of vanilla farming project in the Tanzanian capital, Dodoma.The project that will be implemented in three years aims at promoting the crop business and job creation to the youth.Vanilla Village Limited CEO…

Gunmen kill 10 in northwest Cameroon in ongoing Anglophone crisis

More than 6,000 people have died in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions since 2016 YAOUNDE, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen killed 10 people and injured two others at a busy junction in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon’s troubled northwest, the regional governor said on Monday.A witness said the attackers arrived in…