Although still below 2019 levels, tourism arrivals picking up in Europe and the Americas

MADRID, June 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The World Tourism Organization is reporting that tourism continues to recover at a strong pace. Globally, destinations welcomed almost three times as many international arrivals in the first quarter of 2022 as in the same period of 2021, with Europe leading the sector’s rebound. Experts…

Argentine Pres Alberto Fernández will be Venezuela’s voice at Los Angeles Summit, Pres Maduro says

CARACAS, June 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said Argentina’s President would represent all those countries excluded from the Summit of the Americas starting Monday in Los Angeles, California. “Alberto Fernández will be the voice of Venezuela at the Summit of the Americas,” said Maduro, who added the Celac…

Kenya’s presidential elections: IEBC clears four candidates to vie for Presidency in August

NAIROBI, June 7 (NNN-KBC) — It is only four presidential candidates out of the 18  presidential aspirants that will be on the ballot in the Aug 9 general election. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati says the four met all the requirements to seek the highest office in…

Nearly 8-mn in Latin America risk food insecurity: UN body

  SANTIAGO, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A sharp economic slowdown and rising inflation threatens to swell the ranks of food insecure people in Latin America and the Caribbean by nearly eight million, a UN body said.   Poverty will increase in 2022, with average annual economic growth of 1.8 percent…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Families of Russia’s National Guard who died in Ukraine to get $80,000 – Kremlin

  MOSCOW, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The families of members of Russia’s National Guard who died in Ukraine and Syria will receive a one-time payment of five million rubles ($80,000), a Kremlin decree said.    The decree signed by President Vladimir Putin said the payments would also be received by…

US launches plan to bring back foreign tourists

 WASHINGTON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In an effort to win back billions of dollars in tourism revenue lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, the US government launched a plan to attract 90 million international travellers a year.   The five-year plan aims to add jobs and bring in an estimated $279…

675 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM

TRIPOLI, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 675 illegal migrants were returned to Libya after being rescued off the coast last week. From May 29 May to June 4, “675 migrants have been disembarked back on Libyan shores,” IOM said in a statement. So…

Nigeria: Bandits invade Abuja estate, abduct residents in early morning attack

Bandits attacks a private estate in Abuja ABUJA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A large number of armed men, suspected to be bandits, in the early hours of Monday attacked a private estate, Genuine Estate, in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.The bandits, who were armed with machetes,…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia bans more Americans from entry as US accuses Russia of intimidating its Moscow-based journalists

 MOSCOW, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow expanded the list of US citizens banned from entering Russia to include Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in retaliation for Washington’s similar measures against Russians following the Kremlin’s offensive in Ukraine.   Moscow had by the end of last month already released a list of…

US shooting: 2-year-old accidentally kills father in Florida

MIAMI, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in Florida after his parents left a loaded gun unattended, local authorities said Monday (Jun 6). When police officers, alerted by a 911 call, arrived at the victim’s home near Orlando on May 26, they found…