British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

Dom Phillips BRASILIA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said, raising fears for their safety. Veteran foreign correspondent Dom Phillips, 57, went missing while researching a…

US wins authority to seize Russian oligarch’s planes

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the US government after flying his plane out of the country NEW YORK, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US court on Monday issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich under US measures imposed after Russia’s invasion…

Tunisian president cuts judges’ wages after they strike over sackings

TUNIS, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s political crisis deepened as President Kais Saied ordered judges’ salaries cut to take account of strike days after they began a week-long work stoppage in protest at his move to dismiss dozens of them. Saied, who has progressively sought to tighten his grip on…

Mexico snub throws Americas’ summit into disarray

LOS ANGELES, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden’s plans to reboot US engagement with Latin America – especially on critical topics like migration – took a hit after key partner Mexico snubbed a regional summit opening on Monday in Los Angeles to protest Washington’s exclusion of three far-left countries. What was…

Dominican Republic minister shot dead in office by childhood friend; shooter in police custody

SANTO DOMINGO, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dominican Republic’s environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead during a meeting on Monday by a businessman and longtime friend, who has been taken into custody, the government said. A lawyer and politician, the 55-year-old Jorge Mera was the son of former…

Afghan leader unlikely to have fled Kabul with millions in cash: US watchdog

Then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani  WASHINGTON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani almost certainly did not flee Kabul as it fell to the Taliban with millions of dollars in stolen cash, a US government watchdog’s report said. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report, which will…

Swedish government faces tough no-confidence vote

Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson STOCKHOLM, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sweden’s lawmakers are on Tuesday holding a vote of no-confidence against the country’s justice minister, potentially triggering a government crisis only weeks after the country submitted a bid to join NATO. The potential crisis also comes less than a year after the…

Colombia discovers two historical shipwrecks in Caribbean

BOGOTA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San Jose galleon have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Ivan Duque said. The San Jose galleon, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be worth billions of dollars, sank in 1708 near…

US gun violence: New York raises age for owning semiautomatic rifle

Governor Kathy Hochul NEW YORK, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York’s governor raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 on Monday as she tightened gun laws following the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo. Kathy Hochul approved a package of gun reform laws that…

No confidence vote: Boris Johnson survives as UK PM for now

LONDON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For a man who long set his sights on becoming Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson came dangerously close on Monday to being ousted by lawmakers tired of defending him and faces a battle to win back the confidence of his party and country. He survives,…