UK support for Hong Kong ‘freedoms is unwavering’: FM Hunt

LONDON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s support for Hong Kong and “its freedoms is unwavering”, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said, but warned anti-government protesters against violence after they stormed the city’s parliament. The prime ministerial candidate tweeted “to stress UK support for Hong Kong and its freedoms is UNWAVERING on this…

France wants to reduce water use as rivers dry up

PARIS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The French government wants to reduce water use by encouraging wastewater recycling and encouraging consumers to less water as the flow of rivers gradually slows due to climate change. Following months of discussion with local authorities and utilities, the environment ministry said in a report…

Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with opposition leader Guaido as Pres Maduro hangs on

CARACAS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four days before Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido launched a military uprising in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, he told supporters at a rally outside the capital, Caracas: “In the next few days, we’ll decide our destiny.” The 35-year-old, who had risen to…

Stowaway body from Kenya Airways jet found in London garden: Police

LONDON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The body of a man thought to have been a stowaway who fell from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways flight on its way into Heathrow Airport has been found in a garden in London, police said. London’s Metropolitan Police said they were called…

Drowned migrant man, daughter buried in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of a man and his toddler daughter who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to the United States were laid to rest in a funeral ceremony on Monday in their native El Salvador. The remains of Oscar Alberto…

Panama president pledges new beginning in corruption fight

PANAMA CITY, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panama’s new president Laurentino Cortizo took office on Monday faced with the task of sprucing up his corruption-tainted country’s image and reviving a floundering economy. Cortizo was sworn in at a ceremony attended by Latin American leaders and Spain’s King Felipe VI at a…

Brazil Senate inquiry into Vale dam accident recommends 14 indictments

SAO PAULO, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Brazilian Senate inquiry into the collapse of a Vale dam that killed nearly 250 people will recommend indictments of 14 people, including Vale executives, according to Brazil’s official news service, Agencia Brasil. Findings from the inquiry, which took 120 days and 18 public…

Two to face justice over Venezuelan navy officer’s death: Official

CARACAS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two suspects are to face justice over the death in custody of a navy officer accused of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s attorney general announced. Tarek William Saab identified the two men as a lieutenant and a sergeant in Venezuela’s General Directorate of…

Top US official to meet Salvadoran, Honduran leaders on migration

WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US head of homeland security will hold migration talks with the presidents of El Salvador and Honduras, after a viral photo of a drowned father and daughter shone a harsh spotlight on the crisis at the US-Mexican border. Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of the…

U.S. Proposes More Tariffs On EU Goods In Airbus-Boeing Spat

WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The U.S. added more products from the European Union to a list of goods it could hit with retaliatory tariffs in a long-running trans-Atlantic subsidy dispute between Boeing Co. and Airbus SE. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office published a list of $4 billion worth of…