Colombia decorates rescue team that found children lost in Amazon

BOGOTA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia awarded one of its highest decorations to the soldiers, Indigenous rescuers and civil servants who led a successful operation to find four children lost for weeks in the Amazon. In a ceremony held in Bogota, President Gustavo Petro praised the collaboration between the military…

UN experts assail ‘inhuman treatment’ of Guantanamo detainees

UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With nearly constant surveillance, gruelling isolation and limited family access, the treatment of the last 30 Guantanamo detainees is “cruel, inhuman and degrading,” UN rights experts said as they reported on their first visit to the US military prison. UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni…

Lula promises Fernandez to resume strategic alliance with Argentina

BRASILIA, June 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernández will launch a plan with almost 100 actions to resume the strategic alliance with the neighboring country.     Lula received and honored Fernández, who is visiting Brazil for the fourth time this…

Mexico rescues 130 Guatemalan migrants from overcrowded cargo truck

MEXICO CITY, June 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mexican authorities on Monday rescued 130 Guatemalan migrants crammed inside an extremely overcrowded cargo truck in the eastern state of Veracruz. Among the rescued were 19 unaccompanied minors, 12 families consisting of 28 individuals, and 67 men and 16 women who were traveling on…

Five civilians killed, some ‘beheaded’, in southeast Kenya: Police

The attackers also burned houses and destroyed property NAIROBI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five civilians have been killed by armed assailants who attacked two villages in southeast Kenya, police said.The attack on Sunday occurred in the villages of Juhudi and Salama in Lamu County, which borders Somalia, the police said.The…

US heatwave: Man and stepson die after hiking in Texas heat

Big Bend is currently experiencing extreme heat HOUSTON (Texas), June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Florida man and his teenage stepson died after hiking during extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in Texas, officials said. The boy fell ill along the trail and lost consciousness, and his stepfather was killed…

South Africa: Number of illegal miners who died at Virginia Mine may increase – Minister

WELKOM (South Africa), June 27 (NNN-SANEWS) — Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, says the number of illegal miners from Lesotho, who died underground at the Virginia Mine in the Free State, may increase from the 31 that has been reported. Mantashe was speaking at the mine in…

Malaria cases in Florida and Texas are first locally acquired infections in US in 20 years: CDC

WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of the return of locally acquired cases of malaria, meaning the infections were not linked to foreign travel and appear to have been transmitted by mosquitoes in the US carrying the parasite. So far, there have been…

South Africa: Global development financing must achieve local benefits – Pres Ramaphosa

PRETORIA, June 27 (NNN-SANEWS) — With improved funding for South Africa’s Just Energy Transition, the country will be able to invest significantly in bolstering the electricity grid and new renewable energy generation. In his weekly newsletter to the nation on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said this will significantly help to…

Peru: Gov’t strengthens ties with African countries through series of virtual conferences

LIMA, June 27 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Directorate General of Africa, Middle East, and Gulf Countries, held the second edition of the “Meet the Team” virtual conferences. The activity is part of a strategy to develop more fluid interactions between officials of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs…