Cuban and Colombian presidents meet in Havana

Havana, June 11 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro held talks at Havana’s Revolution Palace.According to the Cuban Presidency’s Twitter account, the two heads of state held talks after having attended the closing session of the Third Round of Peace Talks between the Colombian…

US gun violence: 9 people wounded in San Francisco mass shooting; 1 remains in critical condition

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District on Friday night in what police said appeared to be a “targeted and isolated” incident. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the shooting happened shortly after 9 p.m. during a party hosted by…

Cassava flour and fruit kept 4 children alive for 40 days after plane crash in Colombia’s jungle

The four children are at the central military hospital in the capital Bogota BOGOTA, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers, bringing a happy ending to…

US labour strike: Port of Seattle closed due to ILWU labor strife

Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle SEATTLE (Washington, US), June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The labor strife continues on the west coast with the announcement of the Port of Seattle shutting down due to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) refusing to dispatch labor to work at the container…

South Africa: Cholera death toll climbs to 32

PRETORIA, June 11 (NNN-SANEWS) — The cholera death toll in South Africa has now risen to 32 after a woman from Parys, Free State, succumbed to the waterborne disease. The Free State Department of Health identified the deceased as a 42-year-old female, who was admitted at Boitumelo Hospital in Kroonstad.…

More than 3,400 women go missing in Peru in four months

LIMA, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 3,400 women were reported missing in Peru between January and April this year, the Ombudsman’s Office reported on Saturday. In the office’s report — titled “What happened to them?” — the first four months of 2023 saw 3,406 complaints of missing women filed.…

Canada wildfires: Fires intensify, could last ‘all summer’

     MONTREAL, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New and intensifying fires are forcing the evacuation of thousands across Canada as the country battled out-of-control blazes that a provincial minister warned on Saturday could last “all summer.” Nearly 17,800 square miles have burned since the beginning of the year, well above previous averages…

Morocco building collapse kills five

CASABLANCA (Morocco), June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The partial collapse of a textile factory near Morocco’s commercial capital of Casablanca has killed five people, a labour union said on Saturday in a revised toll. Local authorities had initially reported two fatalities and five “seriously injured” in the incident early on Thursday…

Ramaphosa, Xi hold phone talks over bilateral ties, Ukraine crisis

PRETORIA/BEIJING, June 11 (NNN-XINHUA) — South African Pres Cyril Ramaphosa held phone talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping pledging to promote South Africa-China ties, and calling for favorable conditions to solve the Ukraine crisis. South Africa highly cherishes and is deeply proud of the strong and high-level strategic partnership…

Nigerian troops kill 6 terror suspects in gunfight

ABUJA, June 11 (NNN-XINHUA) — Nigerian military said that at least six terror suspects were killed in a gunfight with troops in the country’s northern state of Kaduna. A cache of arms and ammunition belonging to the suspects were also recovered during the gunfight on Friday, at Maidaro village in…