Bolivia: Parliament’s committee seeks to prosecute Jeanine Añez

LA PAZ, Oct 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — A special committee of the Bolivian Parliament recommended starting trials against the leader of the coup-born regime Jeanine Añez and some ministers for the massacres of Sacaba and Senkata that took place in 2019. The final report of this committee was referred to the National…

Covid-19: Russian FM self-isolating after patient contact

MOSCOW, Oct 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has the coronavirus, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “Because of the contact with a person who has COVID-19, Sergei Lavrov will self-isolate. Visits and meetings that were planned will be postponed,”…

Union leader demands justice for dead miners in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Oct 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s National Union of Miners leader Napoleon Gomez called for those responsible for the tragic death of 65 miners in 2006 to be held accountable. He stated that it was necessary to reopen the investigations of the complaints that were filed for industrial homicide and…

Somalia: FAO issues alert over desert locust’s new wave

MOGADISHU, Oct 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organizations issued an emergency alert as a new wave of desert locust invasions jeopardizes the livestock all across Somalia. “Immature and mature swarms are present in the northwest between Boroma and Hargeisa while mature adult groups and swarms are present and…

Argentina calls for “solidarity multilateralism” at UN meeting

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Sola BUENOS AIRES, Oct 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Sola called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to embrace “solidarity multilateralism” to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Amid the unprecedented crisis the region is going through, our agenda of proposals…

Covid-19: Cases hit all-time high weekly number of over 2.8 m – WHO

GENEVA, Oct 28 (NNN-TASS) — The number of coronavirus cases worldwide increased by more than 2.8 million in the past week, the biggest number for a seven-day period ever recorded, the World Health Organization said. As of Oct 25, the global organization was been informed about more than 42 million…

Four migrants dead after boat capsizes in Channel: French official

LILLE (France), Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four migrants died Tuesday after the boat in which they had set out from France to try and reach Britain capsized in the English Channel, a French official said. One man drowned when the boat sank, and three people died after they were pulled…

US unrest: Second night of clashes in Philadelphia after police kill Black man

PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania, US), Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Philadelphia late Tuesday, with looting and violence breaking out in a second night of unrest after the latest police shooting of a Black man in the US. The police department warned on Twitter that “a large crowd” of…

US urges diplomacy as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rages

HICRAN QULIYEVA stands in front of her house in Ganja, Azerbaijan, after it was hit by a rocket YEREVAN/BAKU, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to pursue a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as fighting in and around the mountain enclave…

Fiji, Cuba ink visa exemption agreement

SUVA, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fiji and Cuba signed here a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on visa exemption which will enable the two countries’ nationals with the valid diplomatic and official passports to enter, remain, transit through and exit without a visa for a period of 90 days. According to a…