Death toll from Uganda floods jumps to 22

MBALE (Uganda), Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of people killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale has jumped to 22, including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus, police said.   Two rivers burst their banks at the weekend after the city was battered…

Russia: Pres Putin says ‘no winners’ in nuclear war

MOSCOW, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there could be “no winners” in a nuclear war and it should “never be unleashed.” He made the statement as a review of the keystone nuclear treaty opened at the United Nations. In an address to the Tenth Nuclear…

UN chief warns of ‘nuclear annihilation’as US, Britain and France urged Russia to stop nuclear rhetoric

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN head Antonio Guterres warned that a misunderstanding could spark nuclear destruction as the United States, Britain and France urged Russia to stop “its dangerous nuclear rhetoric and behaviour.” At the opening of a key nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference in New York, Guterres warned…

Pope Francis says treatment of Canada Indigenous was genocide

EDMONTON, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis on Saturday said the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a genocide, after a six-day trip where he apologized to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools. “I didn’t say the word (in Canada) because it didn’t come to my mind, but I did…

Brazilian steel exports to the EU soar 830% in five months because of the Ukraine war

BRASILIA, July 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian steel industry sales have ballooned since the start of the war in Ukraine sparked by the Russian invasion of its territory, which began in February. According to Steel Institute data, shipments of the metal raw material to the European Union increased by more than…

Boosted by Brazil and Mexico, Latin America’s economy expected to expand 3% in 2022, IMF

WASHINGTON, July 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Given the improved performance of Latin America’s largest economies, particularly Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile, the IMF has raised the 2022 growth projection for the Latam and the Caribbean. In its World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said it predicts the region’s GDP to expand…

Peru: Machu Picchu increases capacity to appease angry tourists

LIMA, July 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Operators at the Machu Picchu Inca citadel in Peru have agreed to increase the site’s capacity from 4,000 to slightly over 5,000 tourists after protests from would-be travelers. ”The Machu Picchu Management Unit (UGM) agreed to increase the capacity to enter the Llaqta (citadel) of…

Botswana hits ‘historic’ UN goal against HIV: report

GABORONE, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said, in what health experts hailed as “stellar results”. The country has met the so-called “95-95-95” target on HIV diagnosis, treatment, and viral suppression several…

Ethiopia troops clash with al-Shabaab fighters

ADDIS ABABA, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Somali militant group, al-Shabaab, has launched an attack on the town of Aato on the Ethiopian border for the second time in just over a week. A senior Ethiopian security official said that fighting broke out early on Friday between the militants and…

Canada confirms 803 monkeypox cases

A health-care worker prepares monkeypox vaccine in Montreal OTTAWA, July 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed 803 cases of monkeypox in the country as of Friday. The health agency said that of the confirmed cases, 367 cases are from Ontario, 359 from Quebec, 61 from British…