‘Chaotic for a while’ at US border as rules change: Pres Biden

EL PASO (Texas, US), May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US border with Mexico will be “chaotic for a while,” President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday, days before pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the frontier all but impossible are due to end. Tens of thousands of people are massing…

Thousands of Venezuelans face desperate gamble at US border

EL PASO (US), May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Before turning himself in to US border officials in El Paso on Tuesday, Juan Fernandez sent a farewell text message to his wife in Venezuela. He then wiped away his tears and, together with a friend, walked resolutely into the imposing Customs and…

US gun violence: Teen shot, wounded while playing hide-and-seek

STARKS (Louisiana, US), May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 14-year-old girl was shot and wounded over the weekend while playing hide-and-seek in Louisiana, police said — the latest in a tragic series of similar US shootings. The incident occurred on Sunday in the town of Starks, near the southern US state’s…

Mexico declares end of Covid-19 health emergency

MEXICO CITY, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico has declared an end to the Covid-19 health emergency in keeping with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell said Tuesday. “The decision was made given that the conditions the WHO took into account to suspend the…

UN Human Rights chief warns of spiraling gang violence in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 10 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday warned against a “never-ending cycle of violence” in Haiti as gangs continue to inflict extreme cruelty on people, and vigilantes take the law into their own hands.     In the month of April alone, more…

Kenya: We hold key to lasting peace in DRC, Mudavadi tells regional leaders

Mudavadi at the peace summit in Burundi BUJUMBURA (Burundi), May 10 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has lauded the country member states of the peace, security and co-operation framework (PSC) in their quest towards restoring peace, security and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and…

Trapped Peruvian miners die of carbon monoxide poisoning: authorities

LIMA, May 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — All of the 27 miners trapped by a fire in a gold mine in southern Peru over the weekend have died of carbon monoxide poisoning, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Autopsies on the victims showed they died from inhaling the poisonous gas after the fire…

Tunisia: Guardsman kills 4 at synagogue

TUNIS, May 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — A guardsman affiliated with the National Guard killed four people on Tuesday night at La Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba, south Tunisia, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. The guardsman killed a colleague and seized his ammunition before heading toward the synagogue, the ministry…

Zimbabwe lifts all COVID-19 restrictive measures

HARARE, May 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday lifted all measures that it had put in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic after the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the pandemic no longer a public health emergency of international concern. The decision was announced…

US Coast Guard returns 27 irregular Cuban migrants

HAVANA, May 10 (NNN-ACN) — The US Coast Guard Service returned to Cuba 27 irregular migrants, according to the Cuban Interior Ministry.The irregulars were brought to the Orozco harbor in Bahia Honda locality, western Artemisa province. The group was made up of 25 men and 2 women who had attempted…