Guyana expected to deliver 810,000 bpd of light sweet crude by 2025

GEORGETOWN, Oct 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The former British colony of Guyana, to the north of Brazil and on the Caribbean has emerged as one of the continent’s top oil producers and is poised to become a leading global energy exporter. Since 2015 an Exxon Mobil-led consortium has made a swathe…

Tourist flights resume between Russia and Cuba

 HAVANA, Oct 6 (NNN-ACN) — Tourist flights between Russia and Cuba resumed on Wednesday, Oct 5 after a flight with Russia’s Nordwind Airlines arrived at the Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport in the tourist locality of Varadero, western Matanzas province.Executives of the Cubatur travel agency welcomed the tourists and wished…

WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in The Gambia

GENEVA, Oct 6 (NNN-NEWVISION) — The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert Wednesday over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. The UN health agency also cautioned that the contaminated medications…

Traore officially named Burkina Faso president after coup

Captain Ibrahim Traore OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 6 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months. The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into renewed turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant-Colonel…

Russia expels Lithuanian Chargé d’Affaires

MOSCOW, Oct 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Russia expelled Lithuanian Chargé d’Affaires, Virginija Umbrasiene, as a response measure and ordered her to leave the country within five days, media reported on Wednesday. On Wednesday, the diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was informed that in response to…

Venezuela considers momentous decision at OPEC+ meeting

CARACAS, Oct 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Vice President of Economy of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, considered transcendental the decision adopted at the 33rd OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting to reduce oil production by two million barrels per day. On his Twitter account, the senior official stated that the “balance of the…

Russia insists on participating in gas pipeline investigation

MOSCOW, Oct 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Russia insisted on participating in the investigation of the attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, which occurred on Sept 26 in the Baltic Sea. “We have heard alarming statements ruling out cooperation with Russia and we consider that our country’s…

UNESCO warns of global crisis of teacher shortages

PARIS, Oct 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged the governments of its member States to increase support for teachers, warning of a deficit of 69 million teachers to provide universal basic education by 2030. On World Teachers’ Day, celebrated every Oct 5…

Haiti confirms five new cases of cholera, one death

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Haitian Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of cholera and one death, while 52 other suspected patients are being under health surveillance. 33 patients are under 19 years of age and four of them have not yet turned one year old, in…

Argentina: Investigations continue into the assassination attempt on VP Cristina

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Investigations into the assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernandez continue in Argentina, and as part of them the possibility of the existence of a third gun in the hands of the suspects is being analyzed. According to the newspaper Pagina 12, after…