Latam to see 1.8 pct growth in 2022, says UN Agency

SANTIAGO, April 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean face a “complex” situation due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with average economic growth projected to be 1.8 percent in 2022, a UN agency said. The conflict in Eastern Europe “negatively” impacts global growth, estimated…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: US Pres Biden says Russia should stop ‘idle’ threats of nuclear war

WASHINGTON, April 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden blasted Moscow for “idle comments” on the possible use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict, saying such talk showed Russia’s “desperation.” “No one should be making idle comments about the use of nuclear weapons or the possibility that they would…

Central African Republic, first in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender

BANJUI, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Central African Republic (CAR) became the first African country to adopt cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender.Globally, the country is the second country to do so after El Salvador.President Faustin Archange Touadera signed a bill into law after it had been approved by Members of…

Mexico: 8 dead in cement plant clash

MEXICO CITY, April 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured in a clash between two opposing groups of workers at a cement plant in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, governor Omar Fayad said. “This morning, attacks and disturbances between two groups of people at…

Improving numbers in tourism still below Cuban gov’t’s projections

HAVANA, April 28 (NNN-ANSA) — Cuban tourism authorities have confirmed 128,159 foreign travellers had visited the country for leisure purposes during March of 2022, which represented 58.7% of the Government’s projections. Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Tuesday said there had been growth compared to 2021. He added the current month of…

Peru declares H3N2 epidemiological alert; 22 cases and 1 death reported so far

LIMA, April 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peru’s Health Ministry (Minsa) issued an epidemiological alert in light of the growing number of Influenza A (H3N2) cases in Ayacucho, Piura, and Lima. With the Ministry’s declaration, additional sanitary measures regarding detection and control of the disease can be implemented by the affected jurisdictions.…

US shooting: Four killed in Mississippi; suspect found dead in convenience store after standoff with police

Broadway Inn Express motel. The Broadway Inn Express motel BILOXI (Mississippi, US), April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people including a motel owner and two employees were killed in a shootout at a motel in Mississippi’s Gulf Coast late Wednesday, authorities said. The suspect involved in the shootout was later killed in a standoff…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: EU defies gas ‘blackmail’ as Russia pushes deeper into Ukraine

BRUSSELS, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union warned Russia on Wednesday it would not bend to “blackmail” over its support for Kyiv, after the Kremlin cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. The warning came as UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Kyiv to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr…

UN rights chief ‘appalled’ at Sudan killings, demands probe

UN ‘appalled’ as more than 200 killed in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur GENEVA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN human rights chief expressed outrage after dozens were killed in three days of violence in Sudan’s West Darfur, and demanded “impartial and independent” investigations into the attacks.  Michelle Bachelet called on…

UK: Queen Elizabeth’s son Prince Andrew loses freedom of the city of York for associating with sex offenders

YORK (United Kingdom), April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prince Andrew was on Wednesday stripped of his status as a freeman of the city of York because of his associations with convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. At an extraordinary meeting of York City Council in northern England, councillors voted…