Brazil bus accident kills 17

SAO PAULO, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday night,according to firefighters and local media. The fire brigade in the Campos de Jordao area, about 180 kilometers from Sao Paulo, confirmed that the accident was…

US Blockade Will not Change Cubans’ Resistance, Cuban FM Asserts

HAVANA, June 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has reiterated that his country and people will remain strong and committed with the Revolution despite the actions by the US government to increase the blockade against Cuba. Rodriguez highlighted in Twitter the capacity of resistance of the Cuban…

US Already Returned 12,000 Migrants to Mexico, Will Reach 60,000

MEXICO CITY, June 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The US has returned some 12,000 migrants to Mexico since January. They must wait for an answer to the asylum application there and reports added 2019 US plan is to deport 60,000 Mexicans. Governmental sources foresee that after the agreement signed on Friday…

Cuba: Helms-Burton Law Threatens Peace, President Warns

HAVANA, June 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuba”s President Miguel Diaz-Canel has cautioned the Helms-Burton Law threatens peace, solidarity, peaceful coexistence and friendship. ‘It’s a law enacted to neo-colonize and enslave,’ he further wrote in Twitter about Washington’s barring the Peace Boat from docking in Cuban ports, as a result of…

Maasai Mara hoteliers record more bookings as wildebeest migrate to Kenya

NAIROBI, June 10 (NNN-KBC) — Hoteliers operating in the Maasai Mara game reserve are recording increased bookings thanks to a shift in the migration pattern  of wildebeest to Kenya from neighboring Tanzania. The famed migration kicked off earlier than usual this year with conservationists and ecologists pointing at change in…

Colombia: 2 soldiers killed, 8 injured in attack in northeast

BOGOTA, June 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least two soldiers were killed and eight others injured in an attack on a military patrol in the northeastern Colombian department of Arauca, Colombia’s military reported. According to the report, the attack occurred Sunday morning in Zaparay village in the municipality of Tame when…

Ivory Coast: Government condemns xenophobic remarks by ex-president

ABIDJAN, June 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Ivorian government condemned a remark considered as extreme by its former President, calling for hostility towards foreigners.The remark was purportedly made by former President Henri Konan Bédié on Wednesday.In a statement which includes a video of Bédié’s remark to the party’s website, the government…

Albania president cancels local elections amid protests

TIRANA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Albanian President Ilir Meta has cancelled local elections after months of anti-government protests. Meta said the political situation in Albania would not allow for fair elections, scheduled for June 30. The announcement came shortly before protesters, some who had been throwing smoke bombs and firecrackers…

Gabon: Pres Ali Bongo gives first TV speech since his stroke

Gabonese President, Ali Bongo BANJUL, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in his first televised speech since he returned to the country after a long absence due to a stroke, called on his prime minister to form a new government.He called for a smaller government in Gabon,…

South African President Ramaphosa in Gevena for ILO centenary

GENEVA,  June 10 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Geneva, Switzerland, where he is leading the South African delegation at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Centenary Conference. The conference, which starts Monday morning, is the 108th ILO session and is being convened under the theme ‘Building a Better Future with…