Brazil election court to hear Bolsonaro case on June 22

 BRASÍLIA, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former president Jair Bolsonaro will go on trial on June 22 at Brazil’s top elections court on charges of abuse of power and misinformation, the court said. If convicted, the former Army captain could be barred from running for elected office. Bolsonaro is being investigated…

Colombian president drawn into nanny wiretapping scandal

BOGOTÁ, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has been drawn into a scandal involving the unlawful wiretapping of his former chief of staff’s nanny, with claims of illegal financing leveled at his campaign. Petro’s ex-aide Laura Sarabia and his ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, are under scrutiny after…

French left in last-ditch bid to derail pensions overhaul

PARIS, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s left-wing forces and labour unions will stage another day of strikes on Tuesday to try to derail President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions overhaul, insisting that the fight to thwart the changes is not over even after it became law. Hundreds of thousands of people are…

Brazil: Pres Lula leads tributes on anniversary of Amazon double murder

BRASÍLIA, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged the world Monday to ensure British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira did not die in vain, at commemorations marking one year since their murder in the Amazon rainforest. In a case that caused…

Immigration can help keep down UK inflation, says IMF Deputy

LONDON, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Immigration that fills gaps in the domestic jobs market can help push down UK inflation, the deputy head of the International Monetary Fund has said. IMF’s Gita Gopinath said that “with inflation as high as it is there are benefits to having workers come in.”…

Spanish firms optimistic about business climate in Peru

MADRID (Spain), June 6 (NNN-ANDINA) — Entrepreneurs from the Spain-Peru Council Foundation (FCEP) expressed optimism about the business climate in Peru at a meeting with Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola on Monday. During the meeting, which also included Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi, Spanish investors renewed their confidence in the Government of Constitutional President Dina…

Peru emerges as UAE’s largest trading partner in LatAm after signing of air services deal

LIMA, June 6 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Commission for Promotion of Export and Tourism (PromPeru) reported that Peru and United Arab Emirates have signed an air services agreement after 12 years of negotiations. The deal was reached last Friday and, as result, Peru has become the second-most important trading partner of the UAE in…

South Sudan struggles to clear mines as 2026 deadline approaches

Deminers from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) JUBA, June 6 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — 12 years after South Sudan’s independence, landmines are still a threat. Over 5,000 people have been killed or injured by unexploded ordnances and land mines since 2004, according to the UN Mine Action Service. Eastern Equatoria’s Magwi county,…

Nigeria: Police rescue 9 abducted children in Zamfara – Official

GUSAU (Zamfara, Nigeria), June 6 (NNN-NAN) — The Police Command in Zamfara says it has rescued nine children abducted by bandits from Goran-Namaye Community in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Yazid Abubakar, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Gusau, the capital…

Somalia: Ten Al-Shabaab fighters defect, surrender to Somali Government

BAIDO (Somalia), June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The security forces of the Southwest state of Somalia displayed 10 Al-Shabaab fighters who surrendered in Baidoa, the regional capital of Bay on Monday. The surrendered militants said they fought for Al-Shabaab for several years and took part in high-profile wars and attacks in…