Latin America’s first solar thermal plant opens in Chile

SANTIAGO, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chile inaugurated Latin America’s first-ever solar thermal energy plant, a vast complex dubbed Cerro Dominador in the Atacama desert that gives a boost to the country’s quest for carbon neutrality by 2050. In an area exceeding 700 hectares, 10,600 mirrors surround a 250-meter-high tower topped…

UN concerned over deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile

UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Nations (UN) voiced their concern about Sunday’s deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile despite legal actions taken against such a measure. We express concern about a new process of expulsion of Venezuelan foreigners, which occurred on June 6,” said a statement released…

Covid-19: Paraguay needs additional medical oxygen from Brazil

ASUNCION, June 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez reached out to his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro to negotiate the purchase of medical oxygen above the current quota because it is not enough, according to health authorities. After a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Abdo was briefed on the need…

Covid-19: No mandatory jab for Copa America players in Brazil

BRASILIA, June 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga announced players taking part in the upcoming Copa América shall not be required to be vaccinated, contrary to what had been announced last week. The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) made a last-minute decision to reschedule the event from Colombia…

US provides over US$181 million to avert famine in Tigray, Ethiopia

WASHINGTON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is providing more than US$181 million to deliver food, water and aid to feed more than three million people it said were facing famine in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where thousands have been killed since conflict erupted in November. The aid,…

Russian court brands Navalny political organisations ‘extremist’

MOSCOW, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A court in Moscow branded the political organisations of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as “extremist” and barred them from working in Russia, a further blow to the embattled opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. The ruling could spell the end for Navalny’s anti-corruption organisation, which…

US asks Mexico to investigate second case of union busting

WASHINGTON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For the second time in a month, the United States demanded Mexico look into a case of a company in the auto industry blocking worker efforts to unionize. US President Joe Biden ran for office as a champion of American workers, and pledged to take…

Covid-19: South Africa’s health minister put on leave over graft allegations

Zweli Mkhize, South Africa’s health minister PRETORIA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s health minister was placed on special leave over a corruption scandal involving an irregular government contract where $11 million was paid to a company connected to two people who used to work for him.Zweli Mkhize has been…

Somalia: Blast kills at least 61 al-Shabaab fighters in a warehouse

Al – Shabaab militants blasted to death MOGADISHU, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 61 Al-Shabaab militants and foreign nationals were killed in an explosion at a village in southern Somalia, the national army said in a statement.The blast went off inside a house at Ala-Futow village, located some 285…

Nigeria now has 211 million people – UNFPA report

Nigeria’s population grew by 2.6 percent between 2015 and 2020 ABUJA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in a report has set Nigeria’s population to 211 million while the country’s life expectancy for men and women was retained at 54 and 56 respectively.The UNFPA’s latest ‘State…