Malaysia’s oil firm wins 3 exploration blocks in Brazil
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Malaysia’s state-owned oil firm Petronas said Friday that it has successfully won three exploration…
Diaz-Canel elected president of Cuba
HAVANA, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected on Thursday to serve in the newly-created post of…
Colombian peace process moves forward through challenging period: UN envoy
Carlos Ruiz Massieu (Front), the UN secretary-general’s special representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia UNITED NATIONS,…
Day 1 of US-China trade talks end with hopes for limited deal
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Top US and Chinese negotiators wrapped up a first day of trade talks in more than…
Congo’s Ebola outbreak slows but still entrenched in insecure areas: WHO
GENEVA, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ebola epidemic in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been confined to a rural…
South Africa president calls for tolerance towards migrants
CAPE TOWN, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South Africans to be tolerant of migrants following recent xenophobic…
US vaping-related deaths rise to 26, illnesses to 1,299
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. health officials reported 26 deaths and 1,299 confirmed and probable cases so far from…
Venezuela rejects Brazil accusations over beach oil spills
Biologists at a marine mammal rehabilitation centre in Ceara State, Brazil, treating a turtle covered in oil. CARACAS, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Hungary urges EU dialogue with Turkey to prevent new wave of migrants
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto BUDAPEST, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union should have a dialogue with Turkey despite…
Peru lawmaker files last-ditch legal appeal over Congress closure
Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra LIMA, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of Peru’s dissolved Congress presented a legal appeal to…