Peru: Government declares national health emergency due to increased Guillain-Barré cases

LIMA, July 9 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Peruvian Government on Saturday declared a national health emergency due to the unusual increase in Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases —a measure that will be in force for 90 days. According to Supreme Decree No. 019-2023-SA, published in the Official Gazette El Peruano, the declaration of emergency will…

Amazon neighbors race to save world’s biggest rainforest

LETICIA (Colombia), July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With the effects of climate change mounting, Amazon basin countries met in Colombia for a summit Saturday to strategize on how to save the world’s biggest rainforest. “To sustain the Amazon, according to science, we need to keep 80 percent of its forests standing…

US Sec of State Blinken to seek ASEAN pushback on China, pressure on Myanmar

 WASHINGTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek in talks with Southeast Asian nations next week to push back on China and to pressure Myanmar’s junta, a top aide said. Blinken will travel to Jakarta for talks with foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian…

US gun violence: 90 life sentences for gunman who targeted Hispanics in Texas

HOUSTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A young white nationalist who shot and killed 23 people at a supermarket in the majority-Hispanic Texas city of El Paso in 2019 was sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms in prison on Friday. Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty in February to federal hate crimes…

Sudan paramilitaries loot and ‘terrorise’ town: witnesses

WAD MADANI (Sudan), July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces were accused of attacking a remote town before going on a shooting and looting rampage that witnesses said “terrorised” its people. For nearly three months, the RSF commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has fought the regular…

Hundreds charged, cannabis plants seized in biggest UK operation: police

LONDON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 450 people were charged in the UK and hundreds of thousands of cannabis plants worth millions of pounds seized in a massive operation throughout June, British police said. Police say cannabis production is a cash cow for organised crime, fuelling gang violence as groups compete for…

Guatemala officials urge parties to respect election results

GUATEMALA CITY, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guatemalan electoral officials urged political parties to respect the outcome of the June 25 presidential election, after concluding a court-ordered review of the vote that reaffirmed the initial results. The review, which finished Thursday, had sparked international consternation over the possible undermining of democracy.…

UK to unveil new measures to support financial sector

 LONDON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finance minister Jeremy Hunt is on Monday due to announce new measures to support Britain’s powerful financial sector, seeking to make the UK the “most innovative and competitive” financial centre in the world. Hunt will set out “how Britain’s financial services will support the drive…

Greek PM kicks off second term after confidence vote

ATHENS, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s government won a vote of confidence Saturday in parliament, kicking off its second four-year term, two weeks after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party won the elections. Following a three-day debate on policy statements for a second term in power, the ruling party…

Mexico: Missing reporter found dead – newspaper

MEXICO CITY, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A regional correspondent for leading Mexican newspaper La Jornada was found dead on Saturday, a day after he went missing in the western state of Nayarit, the daily said. “A body found in the village of Huachines… in the municipality of Tepic was identified…