Sudanese leader reaffirms army commitment to exit political process

KHARTOUM, Jan 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan reaffirmed the commitment of the military to exit the political process in the country. Al-Burhan made the remarks in a speech to the nation on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of Sudan’s independence. “We reiterate…

Croatia enters eurozone, Schengen area

ZAGREB, Jan 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Croatia entered the eurozone and the European Union’s (EU) border-free Schengen area on New Year’s Day. This was the first time a European country joined both the eurozone and the Schengen area on the same day, an important milestone for Croatia, an EU member since…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: Hope for peace as Eritrean army withdraws from Tigray region

Ethiopian security forces patrol a street in Mekelle ADDIS ABABA, Jan 1 (NNN-GNA) — Ethiopia’s Tigray region, at war for the last two years, may finally be looking up to long-term peace after Eritrean forces, a key party to the war began packing to leave the battlefield.The decision for Eritrea…

Peru’s President: 2023 must be year of social peace, dialogue and economic recovery

LIMA, Jan 1 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte affirmed that 2023 must be the year of social peace, dialogue, economic recovery, and attention to the most urgent needs of Peruvian citizens —especially the most vulnerable ones. “It also must be the year of political reforms that allow us to go to free…

MEXICO: 15 tourists killed and a dozen injured when bus flipped over and crashed

MEXICO CITY, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 15 people were killed in western Mexico on Friday when the bus they were traveling in flipped over and crashed, local authorities said. The victims were tourists on their way back to the city of Leon in the central state of Guanajuato…

Croatia set to enter Euro, borderless Europe club

ZAGREB, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Croatia was counting the last hours Saturday before switching to the euro and entering Europe’s passport-free zone — two milestone steps for the country since joining the EU nearly a decade ago. At midnight Saturday the Balkan nation will bid farewell to its kuna currency…

Brazil lifts entry ban: Venezuelan Pres Maduro may attend Lula’s inauguration

BRASILIA, Dec 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian authorities have lifted the restrictions banning Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials since 2019 from entering the country so that they can attend Sunday’s inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was published Friday in the Diário Oficial da União…

Brazil: Heavy rains kill seven people in São Paulo state, one still missing

SAO PAULO, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — At least seven people have been killed in one week in the Brazilian state of São Paulo due to heavy rains, Agencia Brasil reported Friday. Five of the victims belonged to the same family in the city of Araraquara. The heavy rains that…

US: Pres Biden pardons woman who killed her husband decades ago, and 6 men convicted of drug and alcohol offenses

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — US President Joe Biden offered pardons, for the third time this year, to several people prosecuted for drug or alcohol-related crimes.     Biden offered clemency to six men convicted of drug and alcohol trafficking, as well as to a woman sentenced decades ago for killing…

Brazil: Outgoing Pres Bolsonaro left for the US and rules out attending President-elect Lula’s inauguration

BRASILIA, Dec 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The defeated president of ultra-right tendency Jair Bolsonaro traveled to the United States and ruled out handing over the presidential sash to the elected ruler of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Jan 1.     Before leaving for the city of Miami, Florida in…