Cuba continues efforts to free doctors abducted in Kenya

HAVANA, April 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that Cuban authorities continue efforts to ensure the return of physicians Landy Rodriguez and Assel Herrera, who were kidnapped by members of the Somali jihadist group Al Shabaab in Kenya on April 12, 2019. General practitioner Herrera and surgeon Rodriguez were…

Peru: Warrant issued for preventive arrest of President nephews for alleged corruption

LIMA, April 14 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A Lima judge has ordered the preventive arrest for 36 months of two nephews of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones as well as of his former aide Bruno Pacheco for their alleged involvement in cases of corruption, it was reported. According to Prosecutor Karla Zecenarro,…

Brazil: Ex-Pres Lula vows to halt illegal gold mining garimpo on Indigenous lands

BRASILIA, April 14 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva pledged to halt all illegal gold mining -locally known as garimpo- at Indigenous reserves in the country’s northeast if he is elected back into office in October. Lula visited a protest camp in Brasilia where several thousand…

Terrorist who killed British MP gets life in jail

LONDON, April 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A London Court handed down a life imprisonment sentence on convicted terrorist Ali Harbi Ali for the Oct 16, 2021, murder of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess. Wednesday’s whole-life sentence means there is no possibility of parole for the terrorist killer, who had been…

South African speaker appointed to mediate in Russia-Ukraine conflict

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula CAPE TOWN (South Africa), April 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has appointed Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, to its task force to mediate in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, South Africa’s parliament said. The appointment was made after the global…

IMF unveils new Trust to help ‘vulnerable’ countries

WASHINGTON, April 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF plans to raise at least $45 billion for a new Trust to help “low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries” cope with protracted challenges like pandemics and climate change.  The Washington-based crisis lender’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) will come into effect May 1, and…

Update: Toll in South Africa’s deadliest floods on record tops 300

Residents of Bhambayi settlement walk with buckets filled with water after filling them from a water tanker as a result of interruptions by heavy rains and floods DURBAN (South Africa), April 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from devastating floods in and around the South African port city of Durban…

Spanish police dismantles largest marijuana plantation in Europe

MADRID, April 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — Spain’s Civil Guard and police of northern Spain’s Navarre on Wednesday confirmed that they have dismantled the largest illegal plantation of marijuana in Europe. The plantation was discovered between the towns of Artajona and Olite in Navarre, covering 67 hectares and containing almost 415,000 plants.…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia sanctions US congressmen, Canadian senators

MOSCOW, April 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it has imposed personal sanctions against 398 members of the US House of Representatives and 87 Canadian senators in a retaliatory move. The decisions were made in response to a “wave of anti-Russian sanctions” imposed by the US administration…

Libya holds UN-brokered talks on national elections in Cairo

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah CAIRO, April 14 (ANNN-Xinhua) — The Joint Committee of Libya’s House of Representatives and High Council of State on Wednesday started consultations in Cairo to determine the constitutional basis for the upcoming elections, the UN Support Mission in Libya said in a statement. Twelve lawmakers…