Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28

  QUITO, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 28 lives in the capital Quito this week and left 52 people injured, the city’s mayor said.   The floods inundated homes, carried off cars and swept away volleyball players and spectators on a sports…

Mexico bus crash leaves eight dead, 15 hurt

  CANCUN (Mexico), Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least eight people died and another 15 were injured in a bus accident Sunday near the popular Mexican resort of Cancun, authorities said.    The ADO company bus was carrying around 45 passengers, several of them foreign nationals, according to local media.    The…

Senegal declares national holiday to celebrate Cup of Nations win

  DAKAR, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced.    Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip…

Morocco to bury ‘little Rayan’ who died trapped in well

GHRANE (Morocco), Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco prepared on Monday to bury “little Rayan”, the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well despite a days-long rescue operation that gripped the world. The child’s fate drew global attention after he fell down a narrow, 32m dry well last Tuesday, and sparked an…

Baby dies in Trinidad coast guard migrant interception

SCARBOROUGH (Trinidad and Tobago), Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A baby died in her mother’s arms after the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard fired on a boat carrying migrants from Venezuela, authorities said. The Caribbean nation’s coast guard ship TTS Scarborough attempted to intercept a boat that illegally entered the country’s…

Ecuador looking to increase China trade by 35per cent, minister says

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso QUITO, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador is expecting a planned trade deal with China to increase commerce between the two countries by about 35per cent, though the South American country will seek to protect some local industry, Exterior Commerce Minister Julio Jose Prado said. The two…

Tunisian judges accuse president of seeking control, setting up new struggle

TUNIS, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian judges rejected President Kais Saied’s moves to disband the council that oversees them, a move they see as undermining their independence, setting up a new struggle over his consolidation of power. Saied announced overnight he was dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council, one of the…

China, Argentina pledge to deepen partnership, expand trade

Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez signing a document next to Argentinian Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing BEIJING, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China and Argentina pledged to deepen their strategic partnership and expand and diversify trade, China’s state media said after a meeting of…

Mexican authorities clear makeshift migrant camp near US border

Central American migrants, waiting to request asylum in the United States, stand in a migrant camp near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican authorities on Sunday (Feb 6) cleared a makeshift camp in the north of the country where hundreds of migrants…

France’s Pres Macron speaks with US President Biden ahead of his trip to Moscow

PARIS, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron spoke again on Sunday with US President Joe Biden in a “coordination logic” ahead of his trip to Moscow on Monday, the French Presidency and the White House said. The 40 minute-long call allowed the two leaders to “share information about…