El Salvador with about a thousand deaths due to alcoholism in 2022

SAN SALVADOR, Nov 18 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — El Salvador observes the World Day without Alcohol with estimates of about a thousand deaths in 2022 due to alcoholism, according to official sources.     A report by the Solidarity Fund for Health (Fosalud) indicated that this organization is engaged in the development of…

El Salvador: More gang leaders arrested; high number of femicides reported

SAN SALVADOR, Nov 18 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Authorities in El Salvador arrested 843 leaders of the Salvatrucha (MS) gang and 199 of Gang 18, an official source said.     Minister of Justice and Security Gustavo Villatoro said that the arrests made it possible to dismantle their national leadership. For example, he…

Update: Cuban and Algerian Presidents agreed to boost bilateral cooperation

ALGIERS, Nov 18 (NNN-ACN) — Algeria’s Abdelmajid Tebboune and Cuba’s Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on Thursday the results of their meeting in which they agreed to boost economic, commercial, financial and cooperation links.In statements to reporters after the meeting at Algeria’s Presidential Palace, Tebboune said that he decided to cancel the…

IAEA voices ‘grave concern’ over Russia and Ukraine nuclear sites

 VIENNA, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors passed a resolution on Thursday expressing “grave concern” that Russia had not heeded calls to cease actions against nuclear facilities in war-torn Ukraine. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation board of governors urged Moscow “to abandon its baseless…

Kenya’s smart city woos Chinese investors to boost tech sector

NAIROBI, Nov 18 (NNN-KBC) — An official from Konza Technopolis, Kenya’s smart city has said the technology hub is seeking to attract Chinese investors to boost the country’s technology sector. Lucas Omollo, the manager of ICT (information and communications technology) and Smart City Solutions in Konza Technopolis, said Chinese technology…

Nancy Pelosi stands down as US House Democratic leader

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nancy Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the US House of Representatives for almost two decades, has announced she is standing down from the role. The 82-year-old is the most powerful Democrat in Congress and the first woman to serve as speaker of the House.…

Kenyan Government set to import 10 million bags of GMO maize

NAIROBI, Nov 18 (NNN-KBC) — The Kenyan Government will soon allow a six-month duty free importation of GMO and non-GMO maize targeting to bring in 10 million bags. Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria said through a gazette notice the government intends to allow in maize to make Kenya…

Nigeria: 7 gunmen killed in central Niger state

LAGOS, Nov 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least seven gunmen were killed in a shootout with Nigerian police in the central state of Niger on Thursday, police said. “We received intelligent reports on a planned attack by the bandits on Kumbashi village and mobilized our personnel for prompt security action,” local…

Ghana covers 400,000 children in pilot malaria vaccination

ACCRA, Nov 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ghana has covered at least 400,000 children in phase one of the pilot Malaria Vaccine Implementation Program (MVIP), said an official. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, manager for the Expanded Program on Immunization at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), disclosed this at a Thursday press briefing on the…

US: 3 high school students detained after calling in fake shooting threat in Texas

HOUSTON (Texas), Nov 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three students were in custody after calling in a fake active shooter threat on Thursday at a high school nearby Houston, the largest city in the U.S. state of Texas, authorities said. George Ranch High School, part of the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District,…