US expresses concern over foreign intervention in Libya

TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland expressed concern over increasing foreign intervention and civilian casualties in Libya. The ambassador made the remarks during a meeting with the UN-backed government’s interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, the U.S. Embassy to Libya said in a statement. During the meeting,…

Thousands of teachers rally in Croatian capital demanding wage hike

Teachers gather to protest over low salaries in the city center of Zagreb ZAGREB, Nov 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thousands of Croatian teachers who have already been striking for almost three weeks took to the streets here on Wednesday demanding higher salaries. After marching through the center of the capital, they…

Britain’s general election campaign officially starts

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson LONDON, Nov 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Britain’s general election campaign officially started Wednesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson had an audience with Queen Elizabeth II to formally ask her permission to dissolve parliament. The Houses of Parliament closed its doors at midnight and will not re-open…

Protest-hit Chile vows to punish any abuses by security forces

SANTIAGO, Nov 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera promised to ensure police and soldiers found guilty of rights violations were prosecuted with the same force as rioters and looters during nearly three weeks of violent protests. Prosecutors are investigating more than 800 allegations of abuses including torture, rape and…

German coalition parties vow to stay together but have “a lot to do”

BERLIN, Nov 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners said they would keep working together after welcoming a report which they said showed how much the government had achieved but also how much it still had to do. The review of the government’s legislative achievements started…

Brazil mining regulator says Vale ‘negligence’ cost lives

BRASILIA, Nov 6 (NNN-TELESUR) — Brazil’s mining regulator blasted iron ore miner Vale SA for failing to disclose problems with a mining dam before a deadly collapse in January, saying this kept the agency from taking actions that could have saved lives. The dam in Brumadinho collapsed and flooded a…

Brazilians protest against Pres Bolsonaro across the country

BRASILIA, Nov 6 (NNN-TELESUR) — Brazil’s student organizations, social movements, unions, and progressive parties on Tuesday held protests across the country with the motto, “For justice, democracy and rights. For Marielle, enough of Bolsonaro!” “Let the Latin American winds reach Brazil. Everyone to the streets against absurd statements from the dictatorship’s…

Venezuela continues to develop despite US blockade: Pres Maduro

CARACAS, Nov 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stressed on Tuesday that Venezuela is moving forward despite the tightening of the US economic blockade. ‘The year 2019 has been a complex one, hard, full of conspiracies, plots, international aggressions and many lessons learned. We prove that Venezuela can…

Mexico to auction drug lords’ properties

The Mexican military barged into this home in Culiacán, Sinaloa, the early morning of Feb 17, 2004, in hopes of arresting El Chapo. He managed to escape through a tunnel hidden underneath a bathtub before he was finally captured a week later. The house has been put up for auction by…

Tense normality in Haitian capital after seven weeks of protests

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — After seven weeks of strong anti-government protests, Haiti’s capital is now experiencing a tense normality, with the resumption of commercial activities and public institutions. Despite the controversial curfew decreed last Sunday by sectors of the radical opposition, many of the shops in Port-au-Prince opened…