UN sends fact finding mission to Chile where Mapuches are on hunger strike

 Around 1.5 million Mapuches live in Chile, and 200,000 in Argentina SANTIAGO, Aug 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Nations has sent a fact-finding team to Chile’s restive Araucania region where a jailed Indigenous Mapuche leader has spent more than 100 days on a hunger strike over his detention during the…

Covid-19: WHO says people in 20s, 30s, 40s increasingly driving pandemic

MANILA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups. WHO officials said this month the proportion…

Covid-19: Brazil indigenous protesters demand help against virus

Indigenous protestors blocked a major Trans-Amazonian highway to protest against the lack of governmental support during the COVID-19 pandemic and illegal deforestation in and around the Amazon NOVO PROGRESSO (Brazil), Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brandishing bows and arrows, dozens of indigenous protesters blocked a main highway through the Brazilian Amazon, demanding…

Japan ramps up aid to Mauritius after oil spill

PORT LOUIS, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan is sending a second team of experts to help clean up more than 1,000 tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned bulk carrier into pristine waters off the coast of Mauritius. The decision came as the Mauritian government vowed to seek compensation from…

US Pres Trump promises tax credits for firms that bring jobs back from China

“We will create tax credits for companies that bring jobs from China back to America,” Trump said WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump vowed to create 10 million jobs in 10 months, in part by setting up tax credits for US companies that relocate manufacturing facilities to the United…

Venezuela’s pro-govt Constitutional Assembly to end in December: Pres Maduro

CARACAS, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s pro-government Constitutional Assembly will end operations in December when a new legislature will be elected, President Nicolas Maduro said, in a vote boycotted by the opposition. The Constitutional Assembly, which took power in July 2017 amid mass protests that left more than 100 people…

Argentina officially presents debt restructure offer to SEC

Argentina’s Economy Minster Martin Guzman has led the tough negotiations with creditors to restructure the $66 billion debt BUENOS AIRES, Aug 18, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Recession-hit Argentina on Monday officially presented its offer to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to restructure a $66 billion debt under foreign legislation,…

US Pres Trump calls Putin ‘world-class chess player’ along with Xi and Erdogan

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-TASS) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “world-class chess players” and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won’t be able to deal with them if he wins the election, US President Donald Trump told his supporters on Monday.…

UN condemns terrorist attack on beachside hotel in Somalia

A woman walks past an Aamin Ambulance vehicle inside Benadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations strongly condemned a terrorist attack that took place on Sunday at the Elite Hotel in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, which reportedly killed at least 16 people and…

31 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast: IOM

TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 31 illegal immigrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast. “IOM staff are at the disembarkation point in Tripoli, to provide emergency assistance to 31 migrants returned to shore by the coast guard,” IOM tweeted later Monday.…