Venezuelan Return to Homeland Plan completes Flight 32 from Ecuador

QUITO, July 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Flight 32 of the Return to Homeland Plan, implemented by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has repatriated 90 people from Ecuador. Young people, older adults, minors and babies are part of the group, which met with authorities from the Caracas embassy in Quito to clarify…

Honduras One of Central America´s Most Violent Nations, the UN Says

TEGUCIGALPA, July 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Honduras, with a homicide rate of 41.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, is at the top of Central America´s most dangerous nations list, according to a UN report. Honduras is preceded by El Salvador only, with a rate of 62 murders, according to the World Study…

Mexico to overcome U.S. tariffs on steel, tomatoes: president

MEXICO CITY, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico will overcome the “new challenge” brought by new U.S. tariffs on steel and tomato exports, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. Mexico will take necessary steps to tackle trade issues with the United States, said the president in a daily press conference. The…

Libya: Death toll from Tripoli fighting rises to 1,048 – WHO

TRIPOLI, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 1,048 people were killed and 5,558 others injured in the fighting in and around Libya’s capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. “As the Tripoli crisis enters its fourth month, the toll is 1,048 dead, including 106 civilians, and 5,558 injured,…

Tanger Med Port in N. Morocco expected to be biggest in Mediterranean: project leader

RABAT, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tanger Med port in northern Morocco is expected to be the largest container port in the Mediterranean, project leader Hassan Abkari said. As its second terminal was put into operation in late June, the port is designed to increase the maximum annual capacity by 6…

Death toll rises to 12 in Nigeria pipeline explosion

LAGOS, July 10 (NNN-GNA) — The death toll of a pipeline explosion at Ijegun, a suburb in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub has risen to 12, an official said.The tragedy occurred last Thursday after some vandals tried to escape with a tanker which they used for the theft of petroleum products…

South Sudan tables US$1.3 billion budget amid peace efforts

JUBA, July 10 (NNN-GNA) — South Sudan has presented the budget for the 2019/2020 financial year totaling 208,155 billion South Sudanese pounds (US$1.3 billion) with a raft of measures aimed at consolidating peace in the country.Finance Minister Salvatore Garang Mabiordit said Juba will finance the budget deficit through boosting oil…

Russian parliament urges government to impose sanctions on Georgia

MOSCOW, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Russian parliament unanimously backed a resolution urging the government to impose tough economic sanctions on Georgia, a move that would sharply escalate a political crisis between the neighbours.  The proposed sanctions would ban imports of Georgian wine and mineral water and halt financial remittances…

Italy seeks fresh migrant clampdown as more boats arrive

ROME, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s government plans to throw more resources into its fight against boat migrants, an official said, as the number of new arrivals gathers speed. Some 47 migrants were brought to shore before dawn by an Italian police patrol vessel, while a charity ship rebuffed by…

Paris declares ‘climate emergency’

PARIS, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paris, which in 2015 hosted the signing of a historic agreement on fighting global warming, on Tuesday declared a climate emergency following similar moves by other cities and national parliaments. “Paris, like other cities, declares a climate emergency,” Celia Blauel, deputy mayor in charge of…