Tanzania satisfied with LNG implementation pace: Energy Minister

Mr January Makamba, DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 11 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Minister for Energy, January Makamba, has expressed satisfaction with the level of implementation of Tanzania’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project that is worth 70tri/-. He made the statement after he met and held talks with Equinor’s Senior Vice-President, Nina…

Venezuela announces actions to protect the exchange market

CARACAS, Dec 11 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Venezuelan government announced actions to contain the rise of the dollar in the exchange market and protect the official exchange rate.     In response to the instructions of President Nicolás Maduro, we have outlined, together with the Vice President of Economy, Tareck El Aissami,…

Africa, Caribbean and Pacific condemn use of unilateral measures

LUANDA (Angola), Dec 11 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The 10th Summit of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (Oeacp), held here, condemns in a statement, the use of unilateral and coercive measures, including illegal sanctions, against certain developing countries.     The communication is contained in the Luanda Declaration, which summarizes…

Criminals within the police force arrested in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, Dec 11 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Press media in El Salvador highlighted the arrest of 12 police officers responsible for false operations, robberies and homicides in El Salvador.     According to the newspaper El Mundo, in five years the arrested agents made a total of 96 thousand dollars in robberies.…

Canada approves first bivalent COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 to 11

OTTAWA, Dec 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Health Canada authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent-adapted booster for use in children 5 to 11 years of age. This is the first bivalent COVID-19 booster authorized for use in this age group that targets the original COVID-19 strain and the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants,…

South Africa: Covid-19 vaccine for kids aged between 5 and 11 next year – Health Minister

PRETORIA, Dec 11 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla has announced that as of 2023 all children aged between five and 11 who are at risk of contracting severe COVID-19 will be able to receive the vaccine.  He said, these children will be offered two doses of the…

Peru: President Boluarte’s Cabinet sworn in

LIMA, Dec 11 (NNN-ANDINA) — President Dina Boluarte on Saturday afternoon administered the oath of office to members of the new Cabinet to be led by recently-sworn-in Prime Minister Pedro Miguel Angulo Arana. The group is made up of the following Ministers: Ana Cecilia Gervasi Diaz (Foreign Affairs); Luis Alberto Otarola…

Dutch plan two new nuclear power plants by 2035

 AMSTERDAM, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dutch government said it would build two new nuclear power plants near a town in the southern Netherlands, saying it would reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The plants near the town of Borssele would be completed by 2035 and produce up to 13 percent…

Germany to welcome first floating gas terminal

 BERLIN, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany is set to receive its first floating gas terminal, officials said, as the country looks to replace Russian supplies it previously received via pipeline. The “Hoegh Esperanza” will dock at the northern port of Wilhelmshaven in the coming days, loaded with an initial shipment…

France’s foreign minister visits Ivory Coast for talks on security

ABIDJAN, Dec 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — France’s foreign minister has visited Ivory Coast for talks on security and trade with President Alassane Ouattara and his government. Speaking in the economic capital Abidjan on Friday, Catherine Colonna said France will remain at the side of its former French colony “in all areas.”…