Vietnam, major Asian partner at Cuban Special Development Zone

HAVANA, Feb 18 (NNN-ACN) — Vietnam became the Asian country with more businesses in operation at Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone. Vietnam just opened a fifth business known as Agri VMA in the manufacture and marketing of animal feed, to raise pigs and other species, as well as in the…

Transportation problems delay delivery of salt to Cubans

HAVANA, Feb 18 (NNN-ACN) — Vicente de la O Levy, Cuba’s Minister of Energy and Mines, said that the delays in the delivery of salt for the population’s consumption are due to transportation problems.In his regular television program Mesa Redonda, he explained that the warehouses are full of salt, but…

South African President Ramaphosa arrives in Ethiopia for AU meeting

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 18 (NNN-SANEWS) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government set to be held on Feb 18-19. Ramaphosa is accompanied by International…

South Africa: Green Scorpions foil plans to smuggle reptiles

PRETORIA, Feb 18 (NNN-SANEWS) — Members of South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Environmental Management Inspectors, more commonly known as the Green Scorpions, have confiscated a number of reptiles that were allegedly being smuggled from Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal using PostNet. “The parcel confiscated on 8 February 2023…

South Africa: Crime statistics record a spike in murder, says Police Minister

PRETORIA, Feb 18 (NNN-SANEWS) — A total of 7,555 people were killed in South Africa between October and December 2022, said Police Minister Bheki Cele. The 10% increase was on Friday released by the Minister while publishing the 2022/23 third quarter crime statistics. The period is between October and December.…

Bulgaria finds 18 dead migrants reportedly from Afghanistan suffocated in truck

Police and emergency medical services on site after 18 people were found dead in an abandoned truck SOFIA, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarian authorities on Friday found the bodies of 18 people who suffocated in a truck smuggling them through the country. Bulgaria’s deadliest such incident comes as the Balkan…

US-China rift: Pres Biden says United States not looking for a new Cold War as search ended for debris from downed Chinese balloon

  WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said he would talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the wake of the US Air Force shooting down what Washington says was a high-tech Chinese spy balloon earlier this month.    “I expect to be speaking with President Xi…

Uruguayan mail cargo plane crashlands in Argentina, both occupants survive

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Both occupants of an Uruguayan single-engined Cessna C-208 Caravan Cargo plane that made an emergency landing in the Argentine town of Berisso escaped with just minor injuries, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The aircraft had departed from Montevideo’s International Carrasco Airport and was…

Brazil’s Lula, EU’s von der Leyen discuss Mercosur deal and deforestation

BRASILIA, Feb 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva discussed the Mercosur agreement with European Union (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen in a telephone conversation during which both leaders also reviewed the South American country’s fight against deforestation, it was reported.  In a post on social…

Nicaragua bans yet another 25 NGOs

MANAGUA, Feb 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Government of Nicaragua banned yet another 25 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including two from the United States, bringing the total list of such entities to have suffered the same fate under the Daniel Ortega regime to 3,248 since popular unrest broke out in April 2018.…