Mine accident in DR Congo ‘kills at least 41 people’

KINSHASA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 41 miners have died after a part of a copper and cobalt mine collapsed in the Lualaba province in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said.Richard Muyej, the governor of Lualaba district, blames the accident on “clandestine artisanal diggers who have flooded (the mine)…

Tunisia president hospitalized over ‘severe health crisis’

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi TUNIS, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, was on Thursday brought to a military hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said on Thursday.One of Essebsi’s advisers said he was in a “very critical” condition but was alive.Prime Minister…

Public support for Brazil President Bolsonaro eroding – poll

BRASILIA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than half of Brazilians say they lack confidence in President Jair Bolsonaro, whose support has steadily eroded since winning a commanding victory in October’s election, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday.The number of respondents lacking confidence in Bolsonaro rose to 51% from…

Stuck in southern Mexico, Haitian, African migrants settle in

TAPACHULA (Mexico), June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A determined clutch ofHaitians and Africans have set up an impromptu village outside the Century XXI migrant detention center in southern Mexico, hoping to defy the worsening odds and reach the United States. Sleeping on the ground or in dirt-cheap hotel rooms, selling manicures,metalwork…

Russian Pres Putin and US Pres Trump will meet on June 28 in Osaka: Kremlin

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will have an hour-long meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Friday June 28 in Osaka in Japan, a Kremlin aide said, in their first official encounter for almost a year. The meeting will…

Morocco’s Tangier port to become Mediterranean’s largest

KSAR SGHIR (Morocco), June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco opens new terminals at Tanger Med port on Thursday, allowing it to surpass the Mediterranean’s largest ports Algeciras and Valencia in terms of container capacity, and drive more investment and manufacturing to the country. Tanger Med, the biggest port in Africa with…

South Africa’s records FDI inflows of 11.7 bln rand in Q1

PRETORIA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s foreign direct investment swung to inflows in the first quarter from outflows in the final quarter of last year as domestic private firms received equity and debt funding from foreign parent companies, the central bank said. Foreign direct investment inflows totalled 11.7 billion…

Mexican Police Detain 101 Central American Migrants

MEXICO CITY, June 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mexican police detained 101 Central American migrants during two operations in eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the authorities said. During an inspection of a tractor-trailer in the municipality of Tierra Blanca, officials found 86 adults and children loaded in the back of the vehicle, according to a news release…

Colombia, not Argentina, to host 2020 Copa America final

BOGOTA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia will host the final of the2020 Copa America they’re jointly hosting with Argentina, President IvanDuque announced. The South American competition between national teams has never before been hosted by two countries. The final will be played in the Metropolitano stadium in the Caribbeanport city…

Peru launches campaign to lure more Japanese tourists

LIMA, June 28 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Exports and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru) launched a new digital marketing campaign in Japan to increase —by more than US$2.5 million— the revenues generated by Japanese tourists visiting the South American country. PromPeru seeks to position the Inca nation’s virtues —through the concept “Peru,…