Bolivians mobilize to demand self-proclaimed president’s resignation

LA PAZ, Nov 19 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — At least two protest marches converged in the center of Cochabamba city on Monday, to demand the resignation of the self-proclaimed interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine Añez. Encouraged by the slogan ‘áAñez Out!,’ protesters carried Bolivian and Wiphala flags with a black ribbon…

Calls emerge for privatizing South African national carrier amid intensified strike

CAPE TOWN, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Calls emerged for privatizing debt-ridden South African Airways (SAA), the national flag carrier being hard hit by a strike. The airline must be placed under business rescue in order to mitigate any further loss of revenue and to ensure that the entity is a…

Progress made in talks with opposition: Venezuelan VP

CARACAS, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on Monday said conciliation talks with the right-wing opposition have been “making progress” over the two months since the dialogue began. Rodriguez noted the talks had so far led to ruling socialist party legislators rejoining the National Assembly, where the…

Protests aggravate food insecurity in Haiti: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Months-long political protests and unrest are aggravating the food insecurity in Haiti, with 3.7 million people already at crisis level, a United Nations spokesman said. “Most businesses and schools in the country have been closed since mid-September, due to ongoing protests and unrest,” said…

US Pres Trump says will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in impeachment probe

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he is “strongly” considering answering a challenge from opposition Democrats to testify in his own impeachment investigation. After the speaker of the lower house, Nancy Pelosi, upped the ante by suggesting that Trump come forward to tell the “truth”, the Republican…

Botswana to start issuing trophy hunting licences in December

GABORONE, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana’s president announced the government will by December start issuing trophy hunting licences after it controversially scrapped a five-year ban on the practice, and angered international conservationists. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s government in May removed the moratorium, just a year after he suceeded Ian Khama, an…

Girl dies, several feared missing in French bridge collapse

The dead girl’s mother was pulled alive from a sunken car by bystanders, some of whom were badly injured in the rescue attempt MIREPOIX-SUR-TRN (France), Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 15-year-old girl was killed after a suspension bridge over a river in southwest France collapsed on Monday, causing a car,…

Riot police use water cannons to disperse Georgia protesters

Anti-government protesters block an area near the entrance to parliament in Tbilisi TBILISI, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Riot police in Georgia on Monday used water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters who have taken to the streets after the ruling party backtracked on promised electoral reforms. Hundreds of riot police in body…

Three killed in Oklahoma Walmart shooting

Three people, including a shooter, are dead following a shooting in Duncan, Okla. OKLAHOMA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A gunman killed two people outside an Oklahoma Walmart store Monday before fatally shooting himself, officials said. A woman and a man were fatally shot in a car in the parking lot…

Walmart seeks police protection in riot-hit Chile

SANTIAGO, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Walmart has sought court orders for police protection in protest-wracked Chile after more than 120 of its supermarkets were looted or burned. The Chilean subsidiary of the US-headquartered retailer lodged orders with courts in six Chilean cities, saying the attacks on its stores had put…