Peru: Protestors demand definitive end of open-pit mining project

LIMA, July 31 (NNN-TELESUR) — A regional strike in Arequipa is set to start on Aug 5 under the demand that the mining project, granted to Southern Copper, is once and for all definitively terminated.  After 15 days of an ongoing indefinite strike against the construction of the major open-pit mining project…

US arms sales to Saudi to proceed as Senate fails to override veto

WASHINGTON, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate failed to prevent the controversial sale of $8.1 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia, after President Donald Trump vetoed congressional resolutions blocking the deal. Despite bipartisan votes this month that served as a rebuke to the president — and an expression of…

US-China trade talks to restart after G20 tariff truce

SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US and Chinese negotiators meet in Shanghai on Tuesday to resurrect trade talks between the world’s two biggest economies, with both sides downplaying expectations of an imminent deal. The negotiations in China’s financial hub will be the first face-to-face discussions since negotiations collapsed in May,…

Brazil: At least 57 dead in prison riot

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 57 inmates were killed during a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence to rock the country’s severely…

Chilean congress will have tighter oversight of copper funding of armed forces

SANTIAGO, July 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean lawmakers passed a measure this week abolishing an antiquated, decades-old law under which state-run Codelco, the world’s largest copper miner, helped foot the bill for the country’s military. The bill establishes a dedicated fund to finance the Chilean armed forces, and beefs up congressional…

Argentina expecting record harvest of wheat in a supply short market

BUENOS AIRES, July 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine wheat farmers are preparing for a record harvest, even as global rivals see crop yield prospects cut amid floods in the United States, searing heat in Europe and drought in Australia. The grain bounty in the world’s No. 6 wheat exporter will boost…

U.S. air strike kills suspected Daesh coordinator in Somalia

MOGADISHU, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A U.S. air strike killed a facilitator for Daesh-aligned militia in northern Somalia, a statement from the American military’s Africa Command said. There were no further details given about Saturday’s hit in the northern Golis mountain region. Somalia’s main Islamic insurgency, al Shabaab, has sworn…

Britain rejects idea of tanker swap with Iran

LONDON, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain on Monday rejected the idea that it could release a Iranian tanker in exchange for a British-flagged vessel seized by the Islamic Republic in the Gulf. Tensions have spiked between Iran and Britain since after Iranian commandos seized a British-flagged tanker earlier this month.…

Update: Russian opposition leader Navalny in satisfactory condition – hospital

MOSCOW, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was hospitalised over the weekend after suffering an acute allergic reaction, is in a satisfactory condition, a hospital representative said on Monday. Navalny, 43, was rushed to hospital on Sunday from jail where he is serving a 30-day sentence…

At least 3 dead, 1 injured in shooting in southern France

PARIS, July 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least three people were killed and one was injured in a shooting in southern France on Sunday evening, local media reported. The incident occurred near a gas station in Ollioules commune of the Var department. The victims were described as two men and a…