Boat with 200 Haitian migrants runs aground off Cuba

 HAVANA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A boat carrying more than 200 Haitian migrants headed for the United States ran aground off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday, where they received humanitarian aid, the communist island’sofficial Granma newspaper reported. The boat arrived Monday night off the coast of Villa Clara, known…

Pres Bolsonaro says Brazil might buy diesel from Russia

BRASILIA, June 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has hinted he might purchase diesel from Russia after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, who had reportedly vowed to guarantee the South American country a steady supply of fertilizers despite the ongoing war with Ukraine. The two leaders had met…

Most Chileans oppose new Constitution

SANTIAGO, June 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — According to a survey released in Santiago, 51% of Chileans would not support the new Constitution draft which seeks to replace the one from the Military Dictatorship era of General Augusto Pinochet. The weekly poll by the consulting firm Plaza Pública Cadem also showed that…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Dozens still missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18

KREMENCHUK (Ukraine), June29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exhausted firefighters searched for survivors in the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall, where authorities said 36 people were still missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18. The attack, in the central city of Kremenchuk far from any frontline, drew a…

EU watchdog reviews smallpox jab for monkeypox

F THE HAGUE, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union’s drug regulator said it had started formally reviewing the use of a smallpox vaccine to treat a growing number of cases of monkeypox. Imvanex was authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in 2013 for smallpox, but its maker, Danish…

US ramps up monkeypox vaccination campaign, releasing 56,000 doses

WASHINGTON, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US health authorities said they were immediately releasing 56,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine – five times the number distributed so far – to areas of high transmission as part of a major escalation of the country’s immunisation strategy. Until now, the US Centers for Disease…

US shooting violence: Boy, 8, shoots dead baby girl, wounded sister with father’s gun; father arrested

MIAMI, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An eight-year-old boy shot dead a baby and wounded her toddler sister while playing with his father’s gun in Florida last weekend, police said. The father, 45-year-old Roderick Randall, was arrested and charged with culpable negligence, unlawful possession of a firearm and concealment of evidence,…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Over 4,700 civilians killed in Ukraine conflict, 5,900 others injured – UN official

UNITEDF NATIONS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said that a total of 4,731 civilians have so far been killed in the conflict in Ukraine and 5,900 others injured. “As of 26 June, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 10,631 civilian…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Bulgaria to expel 70 Russian Diplomats – Prime Minister

SOFIA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgaria will expel 70 Russian diplomats who were engaged in “espionage,” Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said. “I would like to congratulate the Bulgarian special services and the Foreign Ministry for their excellent work. I would like to tell all foreign states, not only Russia, that…

Portugal picks Kenya as the anchor for its investments in Africa

LISBON, June 29 (NNN-KBC) — President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal has announced his Government’s intention to reposition Kenya as the anchor for his country’s growing investments on the African continent. In a media address after a bilateral meeting with a Kenyan delegation led by President Uhuru Kenyatta in…