US restricts sending of remittances to Cuba, bans donations

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations Friday to cap the amount of money family members can send to Cuba, ban donations and money transfers to or from the island through U.S. banks. The new economic…

Brazil: Students protest over education and the Amazon

BRASILIA, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — With painted-faces and dressed in black, Brazilian students took to the streets on Saturday in all regions of the country to protest against cuts in education funds and in defense of the Amazon. The National Union of Students (UNE) called on its members to…

France sends aid to Bolivia to fight Amazon fires

PARIS, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The French government announced on Saturday it has sent 38-strong firefighting brigade to Bolivia and will send three drones to help put out wildfires in the Amazon. A joint communique from the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior adds that the firefighters…

New act of violence in Colombia; two former guerrillas murdered

BOGOTA, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The murder of two other former guerrillas of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) is today the most recent act of violence in Colombia. A National Police team is investigating the crime committed against Milton Urrutia and Jose Milton Peña, who…

Update: Mugabe to be buried at hilltop shrine in zimbabwe – official

HARARE, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Robert Mugabe will be buried at a hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite, an official said Saturday, as the southern African nation began several days of official mourning. No date for the funeral has been set, and it’s not clear when Mugabe’s body…

Germany: Demonstrators protest against no-deal Brexit in central Berlin

BERLIN, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of demonstrators belonging to a group called “Stop the Coup” gathered in central Berlin on Saturday to protest against a no-deal Brexit. The protesters, who collected signatures for a petition, said they wanted to defend British democracy following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s order to…

Clashes as ‘yellow vest’ protesters revive protests across France

A police car burns on the sidelines of a yellow vest demonstration in Montpellier on Saturday. MONTPELLIER (France), Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French police clashed on Saturday with anti-government protesters seeking to inject fresh momentum into demonstrations calling for social justice and the ouster of President Emmanuel Macron. The “yellow vest”…

Pope Francis pleads with Madagascans to protect rainforest

ANTANARIVO, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis made an impassioned plea to Madagascans to protect the Indian Ocean’s unique environment from “excessive deforestation”, on the second leg of his African tour. Weeks after a spike of fires in the Amazon, the Argentine pontiff told his hosts they should “create jobs and…

Update: Dorian makes landfall near Halifax, Canada as dangerous cyclone

OTTAWA, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dorian made landfall in Canada onSaturday night south of Halifax with ferocious 155 kph winds andtorrential rains, meteorologists said, toppling trees and whipping up debris. The storm churned up 20-meter waves which pounded the coast nearthe port city that is home to Canada’s Atlantic fleet.…

UNHCR concerned over recurring attacks on foreigners in S. Africa

PRETORIA, Sept 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) voiced grave concern over the recurring violent attacks against foreign nationals, including refugees and asylum-seekers, in South Africa. The agency said it has received a number of calls from affected refugees and asylum-seekers mainly from Burundi, the…