US Pres Trump prods General Motors over its auto plants in China

The General Motors Corporation logo in Detroit, Michigan WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump, who is engaged in a trade war with Beijing, said that American automaker General Motors had opened major plants in China before he took office and should begin moving its operations back to…

Italian PD leader calls for tax cuts, new investments

ROME, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s next government must cut income taxes to boost consumption, relaunch investment and focus on health and education, the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) said after talks with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Conte is looking to form a new coalition and is holding talks…

South African arms firm Denel says gets 1.8 bln rand bailout

A mechanic works on an Oryx helicopter engine in a workshop hangar on the Denel Aviation site in Boksburg.  PRETORIA, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African state arms firm Denel said on Friday it had received a 1.8 billion rand cash injection from the government after a liquidity crunch left…

Resurrected Uganda Airlines flies into crowded African skies

KAMPALA, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda Airlines has taken to the skies once more after almost two decades out of action, but flies into a crowded aviation market in Africa where carriers have the weakest finances and emptiest planes of any region in the world. The state carrier launched commercial…

Angola and Comoros prepare joint commission

Angolan Pres Joao Lourenco (R) speaks with Comoros counterpart Azali Assoumani YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 31 (NNN-ANGOP) — Angola and the Comoros are to set up by December this year a Joint Commission with a view to facilitating the interchange between the two countries, the Comorian president, Azali Assoumani said. The…

Congolese girl, 9, dies from Ebola in Uganda: health official

KAMPALA, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A nine-year-old girl who tested positive for Ebola in Uganda after travelling from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo has died, a Ugandan health official said. “She passed on at around 0800 this morning (Friday),” said Yusuf Baseka,health director in Kasese, a district in southwestern…

Brazil’s burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage

BRASILIA, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 60-day ban on burning inBrazil took effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in theAmazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest. The decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro comes after escalatinginternational pressure over the worst fires in the…

Indonesian police investigate palm oil companies over forest fires: Ministry

JAKARTA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesian police are investigating three palm oil companies on suspicion of starting fires on Borneo island, where environmentalists say extensive deforestation has occurred to make way for plantations, a government ministry said. The Ministry of the Environment and Forests is also investigating 24 other companies…

Update: Yemen’s separatists vow revenge for government assault on Aden

ADEN, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Southern Yemeni separatists vowed to avenge a government assault on their positions in Aden and brought in reinforcements from elsewhere, threatening an escalation in fighting between nominal allies in the country’s complex war. The separatists and Yemen’s internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi are supposed…

Pakistan PM Khan calls for nationwide protests over Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for mass demonstrations across the country to protest against Delhi’s actions in Indian-administered Kashmir, as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continued to boil. “I want all Pakistanis to come out tomorrow (Friday) 12 noon – 12.30pm to show solidarity…