Ecuador violence: Eight dead in more suspected gang shooting

  QUITO, June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight people died Sunday in Ecuador in the third suspected gang-related shooting this month, police said. Another five people were wounded in the violence outside a night club in the Pacific coast town of La Concordia, police told news outlets in a WhatsApp chat group.…

One killed, several injured when riders plunge from derailed roller coaster in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A roller coaster train derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, sending some passengers plunging to the ground in an amusement park accident that left one dead and nine injured, police and park officials said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Gröna Lund park as the front…

US: Airline worker killed after being sucked into Delta Air Lines jet engine

SAN ANTONIO (Texas, US), June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An airport worker died after being “ingested” into a Delta Air Lines jet engine at Texas’s San Antonio International Airport. Emergency responders were called to the scene at about 10:25 p.m. Friday night. The plane had just arrived from Los Angeles and had only one…

US gun violence: At least three dead and five injured at early morning shootings in Missouri

KANSAS CITY (Missouri, US), June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people have been found dead, and at least five others are thought to be injured, police in Missouri said while investigating two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning. Officers were called…

Mitsotakis’s conservatives clinch landslide Greece election win

ATHENS, June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis won Greece’s national elections on Sunday with a clear majority, securing a second term during which he vowed to bring about major reforms to transform the country. With nearly all the votes counted, Mitsotakis’s New Democracy party obtained a score of…

Zambian President Hichilema’s $6bn debt deal hailed as ‘historic’

President Hakainde Hichilema  LUSAKA, June 26 (NNN-ANDINA) — Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the outlines of a deal aimed at lifting his country out of its debt crisis have been unveiled. In 2020, the copper-rich country became the first African nation to default…

Russia: Wagner halts revolt but Pres Putin seen as weakened

MOSCOW, June  26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wagner mercenaries were headed back to base after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in Belarus. The agreement ended the immediate threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army could storm Moscow, but analysts said Wagner’s revolt…

Peru: Locals and tourists thrilled as Inti Raymi is staged at three venues

CUSCO (Peru), Jun 26 (NNN-ANDINA) — Under a blue sky and a radiant sun, the Inti Raymi 2023 took place at the Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park, located about 15 minutes from the city of Cusco. The attendees were thrilled as they witnessed the presence of the Inca Pachacuteq, played by actor Robert Paucara Churana,…

Peru’s Farmer’s Day: We have the challenge of vindicating agriculture with deeds, not words – Pres Boluarte

HUAMANGA (Ayacucho region, Peru), June 25 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte affirmed that the Government has the challenge of lifting small farmers out of poverty and vindicating this activity as a generator of more than four million jobs in the South American country. “The Government has the challenge of lifting small…

Pres Putin vows not to allow civil war to repeat in Russia: TASS

   MOSCOW, June 24 (NNN-TASS) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address on Saturday that the unfolding events were a betrayal of the country and its people and Russia would defend itself from internal treachery. “We will defend both our people and our statehood from any threats,…