Aging, main demographic concern for Cuba

HAVANA, June 4 (NNN-ACN) — With 22.3 % of the population aged 60 and over at the end of 2022, and a projection that by 2050 this percentage figure will reach 35.9%, aging in Cuba is the main challenge in the demographic field.As reported today by Cubadebate, this is what…

Tanzania parties set August date for building consensus on reforms

Chairman of the Chadema opposition party Freeman Mbowe shakes hands with President Samia Suluhu DAR ES SALAAM, June 4 (NNN-GNA) — Tanzania’s aspirations for quick democratic reforms have been postponed until August when all political parties will convene a meeting to discuss the recommendations of a government-backed taskforce that held…

US Pres Biden says debt ceiling deal averted ‘economic collapse’

 WASHINGTON, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden has said raising the US borrowing limit averted “economic collapse”, in his first Oval Office address to the nation. He signed the bill into law on Saturday after it cruised through Congress with bipartisan support. The Democratic president voiced rare praise for…

Peru and UAE sign bilateral air services agreement

LIMA, June 4 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi and United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Peru, Mohamed Abdulla Ali Khater Alshami, signed a bilateral air services agreement (ASA), it was reported on Friday. The ceremony was also attended by Ministers Alex Contreras (Economy-Finance) and Paola Lazarte (Transportation-Communications). This event was held…

Peru to preside over APEC Leaders’ Summit for third time

LIMA, June 4 (NNN-ANDINA) — For the third time, Peru will assume the presidency of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum’s Economic Leaders’ Summit that will hold its main event in the country next year, APEC Peru 2024 Working Group Chairman Ambassador Carlos Chavez-Taffur has highlighted. The diplomat specified that Peru will receive the presidency…

UN, AU urge calm after deadly clashes in Senegal

DAKAR, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations and African Union called for calm in Senegal after an outbreak of deadly violence that prompted authorities to deploy the army. Nine people were killed on Thursday after popular opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, was sentenced to two years in jail, which may…

Sudan crisis: UN’s mission extended, but only for six months

 UNITED NATIONS, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council extended for just six months the United Nations political mission in Sudan, after UN envoy Volker Perthes was accused by Sudan’s army chief of stoking the worsening civil conflict. In a short resolution, the Council unanimously agreed to extend until…

Brazil’s Senate passes bill for equal pay to men and women

BRASILIA, June 3 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Senate approved the bill making equal pay for men and women mandatory when they perform work of equal value or the same function, Agencia Brasil reported. The document is now ready for President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to sign it into law. The…

Tanzania throws weight behind conservation as Tourism Minister tables 654.6bn/- spending plan

DODOMA (Tanzania), June 3 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Tanzanian Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Mohamed Mchengerwa has unveiled a 654.6bn/- budget estimates for the 2023/24 fiscal year as the docket plans to execute various key projects including Resilient Natural Resources Management for Tourism and Growth Project (REGROW). Tabling the Ministry’s plan…

UN climate agency picks Argentina’s Saulo as first woman leader

Argentina’s Celeste Saulo GENEVA, June 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Meteorological Organisation voted for Argentina’s Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO’s critical global role in tracking climate change. Saulo, a WMO vice-president who has headed Argentina’s weather service since 2014, won a landslide vote…