US: FBI says Americans lost $10.3 billion to internet scammers in 2022

WASHINGTON, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Many people in the US fell prey to crypto fraud. The FBI reports that Americans submitting incidents to the agency lost $10.3 billion to internet scams in 2022, a steep jump from $6.9 billion in 2021. While there were fewer complaints (800,944), certain ripoffs were still…

Cyclone Freddy death toll rises to 63 in Mozambique

 MAPUTO, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in Mozambique climbed to 63 after Cyclone Freddy made a devastating return to southern Africa’s mainland, official statistics showed as President Filipe Nyusi appealed for help. The bulk of the deaths were recorded in the northeastern province of Zambezia, which neighbours Malawi,…

US and Cuban teachers hold academic exchange in Havana

HAVANA, March 16 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban and US teachers will exchange experiences during a forum to be held March 19-26 in Havana.During a press conference on Wednesday, the president of the Cuban Pedagogy Association Gilberto Garcia said this kind of forums started in 1994 when US teachers established relations with…

US Coast Guard returns 37 irregular Cuban migrants; Cayman Island returns 10 Cubans

HAVANA, March 16 (NNN-ACN) — The US Coast Guard Service returned 37 irregular Cuban migrants to the island on Tuesday.According to the Cuban Interior Ministry, the irregulars were returned to the Orozo port in Bahia Honda, western Artemisa province.The group included 32 men and 5 women who had attempted illegal…

Wave of gang attacks hits northeastern Brazil

BRASÍLIA, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gang members torched cars, shot up public buildings and sowed terror Wednesday in a wave of predawn attacks on numerous cities in northeastern Brazil that has now lasted two nights, authorities said. Officials said the attacks in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, which…

Pres Macron faces ‘moment of truth’ as French pension reform goes to vote

PARIS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A proposed reform of France’s pension system, which has sparked massive protests and strikes since the start of the year, is to be put to a vote in parliament on Thursday in a decisive moment for President Emmanuel Macron. The Senate and lower house National…

Security Council renews UN South Sudan mission for one year

UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to extend for another year its mission in South Sudan, the world’s youngest state, which is undertaking a fragile peace process but remains plagued by post-civil-war violence. Thirteen of the council’s 15 members voted to extend the mandate…

Urgent search for 10 trapped Colombian miners after blast kills 11

SUTATAUSA (Colombia), March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers and miners raced against the clock Wednesday to save 10 workers trapped in a central Colombian coal mine after an explosion killed at least 11 people. With oxygen fast running out for any survivors, family members outside the mine waited wrapped in woolen…

Burkina Faso repatriates 64 citizens from Tunisia

OUAGADOUGOU, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Burkinabe citizens fleeing a surge of racist attacks in Tunisia arrived in Ouagadougou on a government-chartered plane on Wednesday. Violence in Tunisia erupted after Tunisian President Kais Saied last month blamed “hordes of illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa” for most of the crime…

US lawsuit filed to stop Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

JUNEAU (Alaska, US), March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Environmental groups filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska approved by the US government, which has pledged strong action to fight climate change.The six groups that filed the suit in US District Court on Tuesday accused the…