UN: Migrants at U.S.-Mexico border must be treated with dignity

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Addressing concerns emanating from reports on the gruesome situation on the US-Mexico border, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stressed that migrants and refugees must be treated with dignity, his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said. This is how he responded to questions from the…

Mexicans in U.S. prepare for raids announced by Pres Trump

Mexico, July 9 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Mexican immigrants in the United States are preparing for the raids announced by President Donald Trump, to counteract their negative effects, said Mary Moreno of the Texas Organizing Project. According to statements to the press by the spokeswoman of that institution, Mexican nationals have…

One-third of Brazilians disapprove Bolsonaro’s gov’t: poll

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s disapproval rate rose to 33 percent in July, the same as its approval rate, according to a poll released by pollster Datafolha. The poll showed 33 percent of those surveyed considered Bolsonaro’s government bad or very bad, up from…

South Africa: Parliament calls for end to illegal farm invasions

PRETORIA, July 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — South Africa’s Parliament vowed to do all in its power to stem illegal farm invasions as the country is pursuing a controversial land reform. “We must do all in our power to stem illegal farm invasions and ensure that such acts of criminality do not…

Greece: Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as new PM

ATHENS, July 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s conservative New Democracy party, was sworn in on Monday as Greece’s new prime minister after winning Sunday’s national snap elections. Accompanied by his family, Mitsotakis arrived at the presidential mansion to take his religious oath in a ceremony presided by…

Latin America faces obesity-food insecurity paradox: Report

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin America and the Caribbean is facing an obesity epidemic while paradoxically the number of people facing food insecurity in the region continues to rise, the OECD and FAO said in a report.  “In Latin America and the Caribbean … obesity currently affects around…

Ukraine’s president says ready to meet Russia’s Putin in Minsk

KIEV, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he was ready to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Minsk for talks that he said should also involve Germany, Britain, the United States and France. Relations between Ukraine and Russia have been very strained since Moscow’s annexation of…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro ‘optimistic’ after talks with opposition resume in Barbados

CARACAS, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said he was “optimistic” after dialogue between his government and the opposition resumed in Barbados. The South American nation was plunged into political turmoil in January when National Assembly speaker Juan Guaido declared himself acting president in a direct challenge to…

US, China to relaunch talks with little changed since deal fell apart

WASHINGTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China are set to relaunch trade talks this week after a two-month hiatus, but a year after their trade war began there is little sign their differences have narrowed. After meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Japan just in late…

Biggest-ever anti-doping blitz arrests 234 people in 33 countries

ROME, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A vast international police operation involving 33 countries and the World Anti-Doping Agency has seized millions of doping substances and counterfeit medicines and arrested 234 people, Europol said. The operation involving 23 European Union nations and 10 other countries, including Albania, Colombia, Iceland, Switzerland and…