French Court cleared Air France and Airbus over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris crash

Wreckage appeared on the ocean surface, but it took years to find the plane’s location on the seabed  PARIS, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French court has cleared Air France and Airbus of charges of involuntary manslaughter over a deadly crash in June 2009 which killed all 228 people on…

FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese ‘police stations’ in New York

 NEW YORK, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighbourhood. Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face charges of conspiring to act as agents for China and…

Peru: APM Terminals Callao received 30 cruise ships after 2 years of pandemic

LIMA, April 18 (NNN-ANDINA) — After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, APM Terminals Callao (APMTC) received 30 cruise ships during the 2022-23 season, the company reported. Thus, Callao’s Multipurpose North Terminal received the MS Roald Amundsen cruise ship carrying more than 250 people on board (including passengers and crew). The ship, which arrived from Valparaiso,…

Rain emergency in Peru: Natural events leave 84 dead and over 47,000 victims

LIMA, April 18 (NNN-ANDINA) — The natural events caused by the rainy season and Cyclone Yaku in the country have so far left 84 people dead, nine missing, and more than 47,000 victims, the National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) reported. At a press conference, the head of Indeci, Carlos Yañez, said that…

Iran invites Saudi king to visit amid thaw in ties

TEHRAN, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran said it has formally invited Saudi King Salman to visit Tehran, following a reconciliation agreement reached last month between the two sides. Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in 2016, after its embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Mashhad were…

UN chief calls on Sudan leaders to ‘immediately cease hostilities’

UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Sudan’s warring parties to “immediately cease hostilities, restore calm, and begin a dialogue to resolve the crisis.” The United Nations chief said “any further escalation” of the conflict between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals…

Homemade bomb blast in southern Philippines injures 8

MANILA, April 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — A homemade bomb ripped through a bus in southern Philippines on Monday and wounded at least eight people, a military spokesperson said. Army Major Andrew Linao of the Western Mindanao Command said the bomb went off as the bus with an unspecified number of passengers…

New UAE investment in Brazil announced

ABU DHABI, April 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and his entourage reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates which foresees investments worth R$ 12 billion (around US$ 2.45 billion) in Bahia, Agencia Brasil reported.  Negotiations took place during Lula’s stopover in Abu Dhabi, on…

Russian FM kicks off Latin American tour in Brazil

MOSCOW, April 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is off on a Latin American tour during which he will visit Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba between April 17 and 21 to strengthen bilateral cooperation in political, economic, commercial, educational, and humanitarian matters, according to Moscow. The meetings will…

South Africa: R800m to equip youth with digital skills

PRETORIA, April 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South African government is expected to launch the National Skills Fund, a training package in digital skills for unemployed youth in the country. According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the move is aimed at ensuring that as investment into the digital economy continues to grow,…