Argentina: Macri and Fernandez agree to start an orderly transition ensuring “dollars and social peace”

The official photo shows the two leaders smiling and good humored BUENOS AIRES, Oct 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine president Mauricio Macri and president-elect Alberto Fernandez met at Government House, Casa Rosada, to discuss terms for an orderly transition until next Dec 10 when the new government takes office, plus exchange…

US-Mexico border arrests hit 11-year high, US seeks to expedite deportations

Migrants detained for illegally crossing the Rio Grande and attempting to evade capture in Hidalgo, Texas EL PASO (Texas, US), Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Immigration arrests at the U.S. border with Mexico soared 88 percent in fiscal 2019 in what U.S. officials labeled a crisis while unveiling their latest measure…

Ukraine, rebels starts withdrawal of troops in conflict east

Ukrainian armed forces at a check point in the town of Zolote in Luhansk Region KIEV, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s military said the withdrawal of government and Russian-backed rebel troops started at 12 local time on Tuesday in Zolote, a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk. Ukrainian…

Italy to let French NGO migrant ship dock after 11 days at sea

Migrants onboard the Ocean Viking rescue ship in the Sicilian port of Messina ROME, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy said it would let a French charity rescue ship disembark 104 migrants after the vessel spent 11 days at sea waiting for authorisation to dock. The interior ministry said in a…

Migrants released amid fighting in Libyan capital seek refuge with U.N.

Migrants at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli TRIPOLI, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of migrants were released on Tuesday from a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli as heavy gunfire rang out across the city, witnesses and the United Nations said. At least 200…

Guinea Bissau leader sacks gov’t prior to presidential elections

BISSAU, Oct 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government led by Prime Minister Aristides Gomes in a presidential decree on Monday night, but was rejected by Gomes. The decree was issued after a meeting of the Council of State, an advisory body of the president. However,…

Spain flash floods: Death toll rises to four

BARCELONA, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers found the body of a man swept away last week by flash floods in Catalonia, purportedly while inside a mobile home, raising to four the number of people who died when storms lashed northeastern Spain. Torrential rains hit Catalonia last Tuesday night, sparking major…

Fire crews race to contain California blazes ahead of dangerous winds

LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fire crews battled to contain two major blazes in California as authorities warned of winds with dangerous gusts of up to 129kmh that could fan the flames and spark new infernos. The National Weather Service issued a 24-hour wind advisory beginning from noon Tuesday for the…

Police hunt for brothers from Northern Ireland over truck deaths

LONDON, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British police were hunting on Tuesday for two brothers from Northern Ireland whom they described as “crucial” to an investigation into the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a truck near London last week. The discovery of the bodies in a refrigerated truck…

Britain set for Dec 12 election after MPs approve snap poll

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson LONDON, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain will head to the polls amid the country’s worst political crisis for generations, after lawmakers finally agreed to hold a landmark general election on Dec 12.The election, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson has attempted to secure for nearly two…