Sudan: Rival camps urge peaceful protests as tensions rise

Sudanese protesters take to the streets demanding the dissolution of the transitional government KHARTOUM, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rival Sudanese protest leaders urged their supporters to remain peaceful, on the eve of a critical day of demonstrations over the fate of the country’s fragile transition to civilian rule. Opposing factions…

Costa Rica & Canada strengthen wildfire management cooperation

SAN JOSE, Oct 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and the Canadian Forest Fire Interagency Center (CIFFC) signed a plan to strengthen their partnership in forest fire management. “It is of the utmost importance for Costa Rica to have established this agreement with Canada, which…

Governor Mason to be declared first President of Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Oct 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Barbados’ Parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted Governor Sandra Mason to be declared as first Barbadian president and formally end their country’s association to the British Crown on Nov 30. “I am convinced that Mason will play a good role as president for her tireless work on behalf of the Barbadian people…

EU lawmakers push for closer ties with Taiwan amid rising Chinese pressure

European Commission’s executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager STRASBOURG, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union must deepen ties with Taiwan and start work on an investment deal with the island, EU lawmakers said in a resolution adopted on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing as a similar EU-China deal…

US bans Malaysian firm’s gloves over forced labour

 WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has barred imports from a Malaysian latex glove maker over alleged labour abuses, the latest firm from the country to face such a ban.    The relatively affluent Southeast Asian nation is home to millions of migrant workers employed in manufacturing and…

Brazil, Colombia ‘united’ in defense of Amazon ahead of UN climate summit

Colombia‘s President Ivan Duque (L) and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro said their countries will carry “an unequivocal message of protecting” the Amazon BRASILIA, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro and his Colombia counterpart Ivan Duque said they would head to the next UN climate summit “united” in defence of the Amazon. The COP26…

Ecuador president refuses to testify over Pandora Papers leaks

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso speaks to supporters who gathered outside Carondelet presidential palace in Quito QUITO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso refused to testify to a parliamentary committee that is investigating revelations about the 65-year-old in the Pandora Papers leaks. The committee was convened by the opposition-dominated…

Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic want US to curb Haitian migration

Migrants are seen at a temporary shelter in the village of La Penita, Panama PANAMA CITY, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The presidents of Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic called on the United States to take “concrete measures” to curb the migration of Haitians across Latin America headed for…

Russia’s jailed Kremlin critic Navalny wins EU rights prize

Alexei Navalny being escorted from a police station outside Moscow BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was awarded the European Parliament’s annual human rights prize for his efforts to challenge President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Navalny, 45, who was poisoned in August 2020 by what…

US violence: Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to murdering 17 in high school campus

PARKLAND (Florida, US), Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida. Nikolas Cruz, 23, also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder for those he injured in the attack on…