Brazil probe into Petrobras widened to Maersk shipping contracts
BRASILIA, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian authorities targeted Maersk and other companies for allegedly paying bribes to get an edge…
Italy faces complaint at UN over ‘abusive’ Libya asylum returns
GENEVA, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Campaigners filed a complaint with the UN against Italy over a teenage migrant who was…
Mexico: 14 killed in fiery family mini-bus crash
GUADALAJARA (Mexico), Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A mini-bus carrying a family to a holiday beach getaway in Mexico crashed into…
Romania: 11 injured in head-on train collision
BUCHAREST, Dec 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Eleven people were injured after a passenger train and a freight train collided head on…
Death toll in Panama prison shooting climbs to 15
PANAMA CITY, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panama’s Pres Laurentino Cortizo wasted no time in following through on his promise that…
Russia: Moscow’s snowless December warmest in 133 years
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian capital, Moscow registered the warmest December weather in over a century on Wednesday, as…
Cameroon MPs pass devolution bill for troubled anglophone regions
YAOUNDE, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bill granting special status to Cameroon’s two crisis-hit anglophone regions was passed by lawmakers…
Sudan marks anniversary of uprising that ousted Bashir
KHARTOUM, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A year after demonstrations broke out in Sudan over soaring bread prices, celebrations are planned…
British PM sets out plan for power
LONDON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his plans for government on Thursday following…
Peru: Embattled opposition leader Fujimori to take political break ahead of new court hearing
LIMA, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, released last month after more than a year in pre-trial…