South Africa turns to lie-detectors in anti-poaching war

PRETORIA, Dec 23 (NNN-NEWVISION) — South Africa plans to carry out lie detector tests on staff working at its game reserves in a bid to fight rampant wildlife poaching, a national parks management agency said. Poachers, sometimes operating in cahoots with crooked park employees, have decimated the country’s population of…

US: Pres Biden’s Christmas wish for America – less political ‘poison

WASHINGTON, Dec 223 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden delivered a Christmas address from the White House on Thursday, wishing an increasingly divided America a “fresh start” including a purge of “the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another.” The Democrat leader has recently taken a…

Covid-19: France reports nearly 50,000 cases, 120 deaths

PARIS, Dec 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — France on Thursday reported as many as 49,517 new cases of Covid-19 and 120 new deaths, figures showing a still complicated epidemiological scenario in the country.     Although situation is currently improving and the ninth fresh wave seems to have passed its peak, Christmas and…

US: Airlines scrap nearly 2,000 flights as storm disrupts holiday travel

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — US airlines cancelled more than 2,000 flights, at the beginning of Christmas travel, due to growing a winter storm threat.     According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the winter storm caused blizzards in the central region of the country, but even greater disturbances are being…

Cuba reaffirms commitment to regular, orderly, safe migration

HAVANA, Dec 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuba reaffirmed its commitment to guarantee a regular, orderly and safe migratory flow which contributes to prevent nationals from becoming victims of migrant smugglers and human trafficking.     Ernesto Soberón, Director-General of Consular Affairs and Cubans Residing Abroad, detailed on Twitter that thanks to correct…

Venezuela-Vietnam ties end the year with a positive balance

HANOI, Dec 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The ties between Venezuela and Vietnam are closing this year with a positive balance, not only in terms of political relations, but also in concrete projects, said the Venezuelan ambassador, Tatiana Pugh.     “Between the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and the Communist Party of…

Over 40 million risk starvation in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia due to biting drought

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 23 (NNN-KBC) — At least 40 million people in East Africa face an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis, according to a latest report by an independent humanitarian organization. In the report, Refugees International attributes the current crisis to five failed or below-average rainy seasons and a looming…

President Ramaphosa wishes South Africans a happy and safe festive season

PRETORIA, Dec 23 (NNN-SANEWS) — As 2022 draws to a close, President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished South Africans a happy and safe festive season and a prosperous New Year. In a Season’s greetings message on Friday, President Ramaphosa urged South Africans to look to the next year with hope and…

Tunisia foils 7 illegal immigration attempts

TUNIS, Dec 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisia has foiled seven attempts by illegal migrants to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian coast, according to the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP). A total of 81 illegal immigrants, including three women, were arrested late Monday night by the coast guard units on the Nabeul…

Brazil: President-elect Lula announces 16 more ministers for future government

BRASILIA, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appointed 16 ministers on Thursday, tapping two members of his party who oversaw states in Brazil’s northeast to run the country’s education and welfare systems. Lula is set to take office in a little over a week and still has roughly…