Argentina wants 1955 bombings to become a crime against humanity

BUENOS AIRES, June 19 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine authorities have asked the Judiciary to stage a “trial for the truth” about June 16, 1955, bombings at Plaza de Mayo during the military revolution that ousted then-President Juan Domingo Perón.  Argentina’s Human Rights Secretariat asked Federal Court 6 of the city of…

Third heat wave in Mexico of over 40 degrees and nine deaths

MEXICO CITY, June 19 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The third heat wave in Mexico continues without giving way to the typical coolness so longed for now in the country, and maintains temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in 23 states with nine deaths.     The most affected were Campeche, Coahuila, Guerrero, Michoacán, Nuevo…

US Coast Guard returns 10 irregular migrants to Cuba

HAVANA, June 19 (NNN-ACN) — A group of 10 irregular migrants was returned to Cuba by the US Coast Guard, according to a statement published on the website of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT).They are nine men and one woman who participated in four illegal departures from the…

African leaders wrap up Russia-Ukraine peace mission

WARSAW (Poland), June 19 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has successfully held an audience with both Russian and Ukrainian leaders putting forward ten key elements of the African Peace Mission Initiative, despite numerous challenges the South African security personnel encountered in Poland. The African Peace Mission leaders from the continent…

Mali urges immediate end to UN Minusma peacekeeping mission

 UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali’s foreign minister has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country “without delay”. Abdoulaye Diop accused the force, Minusma, of having “become a part of the problem in fuelling intercommunal tensions”. He was addressing the UN Security Council. Minusma…

South Korea, Japan among main importers of Peruvian giant squid

LIMA, June 19 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported that South Korea and Japan are among the main importers of Peruvian giant squid. “South Korea and Japan, two large countries in terms of trade, are among the main buyers of the giant squid produced and exported by…

Nigeria: 13 killed in herders-farmers clashes

 JOS (Nigeria), June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes between farmers and herders killed at least 13 people in central Nigeria over the weekend, community leaders and local authorities said. In recent weeks, the central state of Plateau has seen a resurgence of violence between herding and farming communities fighting over access…

UN to finally adopt high seas treaty

 UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas is due to be adopted Monday at the United Nations, a historic environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to mankind. “It will be a huge accomplishment, one that we’ve already celebrated with…

UN: Paris summit to push for global debt and climate reform

 PARIS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new era shaped by climate change, as a cascade of crises swamps debt-burdened countries. French President Emmanuel Macron has said the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact is…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN says Russia still blocking aid to dam breach victims

UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations accused Russia of continuing to block humanitarian aid deliveries to Moscow-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine that have been impacted by the recent Kakhovka dam rupture. The breach of the dam on June 6 inundated huge swathes of the Kherson region under…