French union extends strike at TotalEnergies refineries

PARIS, Oct 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) announced the continuity of the strike in demand of a salary increase in five refineries of the TotalEnergies French oil company, which for the time being rules out giving in to the 10 percent increase demand. Just like…

Preparations for solidarity meeting with Cuba in Chile advance

SANTIAGO, Oct 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The preparations for the 27th national meeting of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, to be held on Nov 25-26 in La Serena, capital of the Coquimbo region, Chile, are progressing. “We believe that the meeting is going to be very important, because Cuba…

Cuba: Pres Diaz-Canel welcomes Vietnamese minister of public security

 HAVANA, Oct 16 (NNN-ACN) — Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, welcomed General To Lam, Vietnam’s minister of public security, and the delegation accompanying him, at the Palace of the Revolution.The president said on Twitter that during…

US: Series of earthquakes rattle Hawaii amid Mauna Loa volcano unrest

Mauna Kea (upper) volcano and Mauna Loa (lower) volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island HONOLULU (Hawaii, US), Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that have struck Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet, which scientists say is in…

El Salvador: 55,000 suspected gang members arrested since March

SAN SALVADOR, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — El Salvador’s crackdown on gang members continues as parliament extended emergency powers that allow authorities to arrest suspects without warrants.More than 55,000 suspected gang members have been arrested since President Nayib Bukele declared a so-called “war” on criminal groups seven months ago, the country’s…

South Sudan faces resistance from communities on dredging Jonglei

An abandoned machine at the Jonglei Canal in South Sudan. JUBA, Oct 16 (NNN-GNA) — South Sudan’s plan to dredge the Jonglei Canal is sending jitters among local communities who are wary of a past bid to drain the Sudd swamps.Authorities had suspended the Jonglei Canal Project to conduct public…

Rights groups slam Somalia for detaining journalist under new policy forbidding reporting on al-Shabaab propaganda statements, call for his release

The Somali government has come under scrutiny after a senior journalist was detained MOGADISHU, Oct 16 (NNN-GNA) — The Somali government has come under scrutiny after a senior journalist was detained in the wake of a new policy forbidding reporting on al-Shabaab propaganda statements.Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the Secretary-General of the…

Uganda goes for trial vaccines to tame Ebola

A health worker prepares a vaccine against Ebola in Goma KAMPALA, Oct 16 (NNN-GNA) — Uganda will now go for vaccines under trial to protect the people from the Ebola virus, which broke out in the central district of Mubende and has spread to more five districts.According to Uganda’s President…

South Africa has ‘unparalleled’ investment opportunities: Pres Cyril Ramaphosa

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia), Oct 16 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the South Africa-Saudi Arabia Investment Forum that trade relations and investment between the two countries can increase “much further” over the course of the next few years. The President is on an official state visit to Saudi Arabia…

Chilean President says only legal migrants may stay

SANTIAGO, Oct 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile’s President Gabriel Boric Font underlined that in his country there were no privileges and therefore foreign residents will have to either regularize their migration status or leave. Boric added that “if they have committed a crime, they need to leave.” The head of state…