El Salvador to launch commission to investigate corruption

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele SAN SALVADOR, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is planning by early September to fulfill a campaign vow to launch an independent commission to investigate corruption. “Within our first 100 days we will launch the CICIES,” Bukele wrote on Twitter on Thursday…

Ethiopia to hold national election next year

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s ruling coalition said it will hold a national election next year, defying worries over security and displacement in the Horn of Africa country that had led some to speculate the election might be postponed. The executive committee did not give a date for…

Nearly 400 die in Netherlands heatwave

THE HAGUE, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 400 more people died in the Netherlands than normal during a record-breaking heatwave that swept Europe last month, the country’s statistics agency said. Dutch temperatures soared to a new high of 40.4 Celsius on July 25, breaking a record dating back to 1944…

Humanitarian emergency declared in Colombia due to murder of indigenous leaders

BOGOTA, Aug 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) declared Friday a humanitarian emergency due to the assassination of 158 indigenous people since the signing in 2016 of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the former FARC-EP guerrilla. The humanitarian situation and the strategy…

Ship prevented from reaching Venezuela allowed through Panama Canal

PANAMA CITY, Aug 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The BULKTEC bulk carrier, from Hong Kong, which Venezuela denounced had been held in Panama on route to the country, has sailed to Aruba, as reported by Prensa Latina on the Marine Traffic website. On Twitter, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez reported that…

Cuba to participate in 50th Pacific Islands Forum

HAVANA, Aug 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuba will participate in the 50th Pacific Islands Forum to be held Aug 13-16 in the Republic of Tuvalu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) announced Saturday. The Cuban delegation will be headed by Emilio Lozada, director general of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry…

Danish capital hit by second blast in four days: police

COPENHAGEN, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion damaged a police station in Copenhagen early on Saturday, in the second blast to hit the Danish capital in four days. No one was injured in the blast, which happened outside a station in the Norrebro, just outside the city center, police said…

Mexico expresses concern over massive illegal weapons transfer from U.S.

MEXICO CITY, Aug 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico expressed concern about the massive transfer of illegal arms from the United States during the Carribean nation’s battle against drug trafficking. The United States identified Mexico as one of the 22 major drug transit and producing countries in a memorandum on Thursday, in…

Russia explosion: Five confirmed dead in rocket blast

MOSCOW, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed.Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine.The three injured staff members suffered serious burns in…

Former Panama President Martinelli not guilty of corruption

Martinelli surrounded by supporters as he left the court a free man PANAMA CITY, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, has been acquitted of corruption and illegal wiretapping.Prosecutors had accused Martinelli of using public funds to record private conversations in order to intimidate rival politicians while in…