Calls for boycott of French products grow after Macron’s Islam remarks

Emmanuel Macron, President of France ANKARA, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Calls to boycott French goods have gained momentum in Muslim countries in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s support for cartoons depicting Islam’s prophet Mohammed. France “will not give up our cartoons,” Macron said after French teacher Samuel Paty was…

Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of violating ceasefire

BAKU, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region shortly after it came into effect on Monday. The two former Soviet republics have been engaged in a flare-up over the disputed South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled for decades…

Colombia: Pres Duque says guerrilla group leader ‘neutralized’

BOGOTA, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A joint military operation has “neutralized” a leader of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombian President Ivan Duque said. Duque said that the leader, known as Uriel, was “neutralized” in Novita, some 300 kilometres south-west of Medellin. The Colombian president said that Uriel…

Covid-19: Slovenia further tightens restrictions

Coronavirus is still rising in Europe LJUBLJANA, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Slovenia is further tightening measures against the spread of the coronavirus with a ban on travel between municipalities, the STA news agency reported. The measure will be in place from Tuesday for at least for a week across the…

UN: Used car exports from developed countries cause air pollution

Between 2015 and 2018, 14 million used light-duty vehicles were exported worldwide NAIROBI, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Millions of used vehicles exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world contribute significantly to air pollution, according to a report by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP). The exported…

Maduro claims Venezuela has 100-per-cent effective virus treatment

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela CARACAS, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela has discovered a highly effective treatment to completely eliminate the novel coronavirus without side effects, the country’s president Nicolas Maduro claimed. A molecule called DR-10 was found during a six-month study by the state research institute IVIC and wipes…

Covid-19: Argentina resumes domestic flights with strict health protocols

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina resumed regular domestic flights this week after an interruption of seven months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, although within a format of restrictions and health protocols limiting operations. “The revival of connectivity will be gradual, giving priority to health,” declared the Transport Ministry,…

Covid-19: Colombia joins the “select” club of countries with a million confirmed cases

BOGOTA, Oct 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Colombia reached 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, becoming the second country in Latin America to report that number in less than a week. The nation of 50 million saw cases peak in August and has seen a decline since but still continues to…

Update: Cameroonians denounce deadly school attack

At least seven children were killed in the raid YAOUNDE, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Escorted by security forces, hundreds of people held a procession through Kumba town in southwest Cameroon, the site of a school attacked by gunmen on Saturday. At least seven children were killed in the raid according…

Zimbabwean president thanks China, Russia for support on sanctions removal

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa HARARE, Oct 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa thanked China and Russia for standing by Zimbabwe in its consistent call for the unconditional removal of Western sanctions. In a speech to mark the Southern African Development Community (SADC) anti-sanctions day, Mnangagwa paid tribute to the…