Under-fire UK minister quits and slams PM Sunak

LONDON, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British minister resigned on Friday, a day after he was named in a report by MPs who condemned a campaign of abuse directed by supporters of former prime minister Boris Johnson. Zac Goldsmith, who was appointed to the House of Lords in 2019 by…

Ecuador flies supplies to island tourism destinations to ease shortage

 QUITO, June 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — An Ecuadorian Air Force flight on Thursday transported food, medicine and other staple goods to the Galapagos Islands, one of the country’s top tourism destinations, to address shortages and rising prices. The Governing Council of Galapagos, the local authority, said on social media that it…

Kenya: Health workers issue strike notice over pay

NAIROBI, June 30 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan health workers’ unions have maintained that they will go on strike on the 14th of July, over what they termed as unwillingness by the government to engage them on their remuneration terms. The health workers through their respective unions claim even after giving the…

Pres Díaz-Canel praises gesture of Cuban shooter who gave up medal in regional games

 HAVANA, June 30 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel praised a fellow countrywoman who participated in the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, the shooter Laina Pérez, whose gesture which has gone viral in social networks as an example of ethics and fair play.Laina gave up the…

Mozambique allocates 78 mln USD for rehabilitation after Cyclone Freddy

MAPUTO, June 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mozambique will allocate more than 5 billion Meticais (78 million U.S. dollars) for rehabilitation, the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources Carlos Mesquita has announced. The allotment is intended for recovering or improving infrastructures including roads, buildings, and dams affected by the Freddy…

Peru to host World Tourism Organization’s 70th regional meeting

QUITO (Ecuador), June 30 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported that Peru has been chosen to host the 70th Meeting of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Regional Commission for the Americas, to be held in 2025. This is an important international event promoted by the UNWTO to bring together the…

64 flights cancelled at Geneva airport over strike

GENEVA, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 64 flights were cancelled at Geneva’s international airport on Friday, it said, after operations were halted for four hours because of a strike by workers at the start of the busy summer travel season. “Because of the social action… the direction decided a temporary…

20 killed in ethnic violence in DR Congo: rights monitor

KINSHASA, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed men killed at least 20 people in western Democratic Republic of Congo this week in ethnic conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives, Human Rights Watch said. The rights monitor said fighters from the Mobondo militia ambushed a truck carrying traders from the Teke…

Haiti plight has ‘never been worse,’ UNICEF chief warns

UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Children recruited by gangs, houses burned and young girls raped are examples of the latest “horror” befalling Haiti’s people, the head of UNICEF described as she implored the world not to abandon the violence-plagued country. The impoverished Caribbean nation “is truly becoming a forgotten…

Canada hate-motivated attack: Professor and 2 students stabbed during class at University of Waterloo – police

ONTARIO, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A suspect has been charged in the stabbing of a professor and two students during a class on gender issues at Canada’s University of Waterloo in what police are calling a hate-motivated attack. Waterloo regional police said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, an international student who had been…