Ecuador and Brazil to discuss trade, security and environment

QUITO, May 4 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Trade, security and environment are some of the issues that Ecuador and Brazil will discuss during the visit of the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, to the capital of Ecuador.     Vieira will meet with President Guillermo Lasso, with whom he will discuss issues…

Brazil: Bolsonaro’s home raided in operation case of false vaccine

BRASILIA, May 4 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) on Wednesday raided the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) in this capital in an operation related to the alleged falsification of Covid-19 vaccine certificates.     According to Agencia Brasil, the former president is one of the targets of Operation…

Kenyan President Ruto calls for greater freedom of movement to boost regional integration

President William Ruto and Mohammed Abdiker, International Organization for Migration Regional Director for East and Horn of Africa NAIROBI, May 4 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto has called on the East African Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states to remove barriers on movement of people, services…

Morocco introduces new paid public holiday

King Mohammed VI of Morocco RABAT, May 4 (NNN-KBC) — King Mohammed VI  of Morocco has introduced a new  holiday – Amazigh New year’s    Day – as  an  official paid national holiday. The directive means Amazigh  language will be the 2nd official  language besides Arabic. In his statement released …

Kenya to smoothen implementation of Japanese funded projects

President William Ruto with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio during a bilateral meeting at the State House NAIROBI, May 4 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya will address the double taxation problem facing projects funded by Japan’s Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). President William Ruto said he is seized of the issue that threatens…

Mexican president writes Biden to protest US financing of opposition

MEXICO CITY, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he sent a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden to call his attention to US financing of Mexican opposition groups, which he said was tantamount to “interventionism.” Reading from the letter during his daily…

US gun violence: Atlanta shooting suspect captured after hospital attack that left at least 1 dead and 4 injured

ATLANTA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man accused of shooting and killing one woman and injuring four others at a hospital in Atlanta on Wednesday was arrested following an hours-long manhunt, police said. Deion Patterson, 24, was taken into custody at a condominium complex in nearby Cobb County without incident,…

Tunisian president meets Libyan FM on ties, cooperation

Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) meets with visiting Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush in Tunis TUNIS, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday met with visiting Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on bilateral ties and cooperation, according to a statement issued by the Tunisian Presidency. During the…

Cuba and Russia ratify willingness to strengthen ties: Pres Diaz-Canel

HAVANA, May 4 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Maksim S. Oreshkin, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, ratified the intention to raise the economic, commercial and financial ties between their countries to the same state as their long-lived, high-level political relations.Diaz-Canel stated his satisfaction at welcoming…

Cuba is striving to restore tourism, minister says

HAVANA, May 4 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos García Granda stressed at the 41st International Tourism Fair FITCuba 2023 that hard work is under way to get this field back on its feet after the pandemic, despite obstacles and limitations.Attended by many foreign tour operators, airline representatives…