Britain promises 30 million pounds for medicine, clean water in Venezuela

Newly appointed Britain’s Secretary of State for International Development Alok Sharma NEW YORK, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain will provide up to 30 million pounds ($37.30 million) of funding to help aid organisations in Venezuela provide medicine and clean water, the government said. The OPEC nation’s once-prosperous economy has collapsed…

Gabon to be first African nation paid to fight deforestation

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gabon will become the first African country paid with international funds to preserve its forests in an effort to fight climate change, the United Nations said.  Norway will provide Gabon, which is almost 90 percent covered by forest, with $150 million (136 million euros)…

Venezuela FM reiterates commitment to peace at UN

CARACAS, Sept 24 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has reaffirmed his country’s willingness to contribute to peace and stability in the world. In his Twitter account, the foreign minister also said that multilateralism is the only way to guarantee peace. Arreaza indicated that the Venezuelan delegation will…

Cuba: Raul Castro, Diaz-Canel welcome Bolivian president

HAVANA, Sept 24 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and President Miguel Díaz-Canel welcomed in Havana Bolivian President Evo Morales who made a stopover enroute to New York. According to the Twitter account of the Cuban Presidency, Morales…

Cuba suffers million-dollar transport damages due to US blockade: Latest report

HAVANA, Sept 24 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The damage caused by the US blockade against Cuba in the transport sector exceeded 170 million dollars from April 2018 to March 2019. According to the most recent report on the impact of the US blockade on Cuba, the figure represents an increase of…

Caribbean on alert facing Tropical Storm Karen

SAINT JOHN’S, Sept 24 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The government of Antigua and Barbuda issued a tropical storm warning for the US and British Virgin Islands, in the face of Tropical Storm Karen’s Atlantic development. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its latest report, Karen, the 11th tropical storm…

South Africa: Pres Ramaphosa leads celebrating literary classics on Heritage Day

PRETORIA, Sept 24 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday lead the nation in celebrating the rich array of cultural communities and assets, natural wonders and religious communities that constitute South Africa’s diversity. The 2019 National Heritage Day celebrations is hosted by the Northern Cape province in Upington under the…

British Royal visit a boon for South Africa tourism: Tourism Minister

CAPE TOWN, Sept 24 (NNN-SANEWS) — Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has used the platform created by the British Royal visit as an opportunity to encourage international media to explore the diverse product offering of South Africa’s tourism landscape.  Speaking in Cape Town to more than 100 international journalists, who arrived…

Germany, France, Italy and Malta agree on migrant disembarkation and relocation system

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner (C) arrives for a migration meeting in Birgu, Malta VALLETTA, Sept 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Germany, France, Italy and Malta have agreed on how to jointly handle migrants who arrive in the Mediterranean. A migration meeting between the four EU members was held in Malta on…

Spain: Catalan separatists arrested over ‘attack plot’

 Police guard a residential building in Sabadell, north of Barcelona, after the nine arrests. MADRID, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish police say they have arrested nine people suspected of planning a series of violent attacks for the anniversary of a divisive referendum.The suspects are described as Catalan separatists by police…