U.S., Guatemala close to a safe third country deal on migrants – US Pres Trump

WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Guatemala are close to reaching a safe third country agreement as part of an effort to curb U.S-bound migrants, President Donald Trump said, offering no details about when such a deal might be finalised. Trump, who made the Wednesday remarks…

Czech government survives no-confidence vote

PRAGUE, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Czech minority government led by the populist ANO party on Thursday survived a vote of no confidence called by the opposition, after a series of public protests against Prime Minister Andrej Babis. Babis, a billionaire turned politician, has faced pressure from investigations into alleged…

Bolivia to Export LNG to Peru in Less than a Month

LA PAZ, June 27 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Bolivian Hydrocarbons Minister Luis Alberto Sanchez announced Wednesday his country will implement the first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) installations in Peruvian territory in less than a month. From the agreements signed on Tuesday in the binational cabinet, it is planned to build gas…

UN Security Council to Visit Colombia

UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The UN Security Council will visit Colombia in July to express its commitment to the peace process and to assess the UN mission in that country, they announced in UN headquarters on Wednesday. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Peru’s permanent representative to the UN, told the…

Kenya to chair regional piracy fighting group from 2020

PORT LOUIS, June 27 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya has been selected to Chair the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia for a period of two years starting January 2020. This was during the Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGCPS) meeting that was held in…

Two killed, seven injured as Russian plane makes emergency lending

MOSCOW, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing at a regional airport in Russia’s Buryatia republic, in Siberia, on Thursday, the area’s emergency situations ministry said. There were 46 people, including four crew, on board the…

Venezuelan official denies alleged Cuban military presence

HAVANA, June 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuelan Vice Foreign Minister William Castillo denied former Venezuelan intelligence chief Manuel Cristopher Figuera’s allegation that there is a massive presence of Cuban military personnel in their country. After a two-day visit to Cuba, Castillo said at a press conference in Havana that Figuera’s remarks…

Russian upper house endorses INF Treaty suspension

MOSCOW, June 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Russian Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, endorsed Wednesday a bill suspending the country’s participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed between the former Soviet Union and the United States in 1987. “Russia has done its utmost to preserve the treaty,…

Switzerland aims to legalise medical marijuana

ZURICH, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Swiss government aims to make it easier for patients to get medical marijuana, proposing on Wednesday to allow prescriptions for cannabis to treat people suffering from cancer or other serious conditions. The proposal, separate from a Swiss government push to allow some cities to…

Peru’s Lima: The fourth most expensive city in South America

LIMA, June 27 (NNN-ANDINA) — Lima, with nearly 10 million inhabitants, has become the fourth most expensive city to work and live in across South America, according to the latest Cost of Living Ranking from Mercer. The Peruvian capital shares the fourth position with Rio de Janeiro and is placed behind Montevideo…