US returns ancient artifacts taken from Mexico

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States returned two ancient figurines to Mexico, seized from the home of an amateur archaeologist who died in 2015 with a collection of 42,000 artifacts, many of them taken illegally. The small clay sculptures date from the Mesoamerican classical period, around 1,300…

Peru Supreme Court: Machu Picchu is the State’s, Not a Family’s

LIMA, April 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peru’s Supreme Court ended a 14 year-long battle between an individual family and the nation by declaring the Machu Picchu Inca ruins state property and not belonging to the Zavaleta family that has laid legal claim to the world-famous archaeological park since 2005. The Supreme…

FM Arreaza: Venezuela will send oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions

Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza CARACAS, April 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that his country will continue to send oil to Cuba despite the U.S. sanctions on vessels transporting oil to the Latin American island. “Venezuela will always fulfill its commitments with the brotherly people of Cuba,” Arreaza pledged and commented that “when capitalism’s conventional power attacks you – you…

Football star Maradona fined after dedicating win to embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Football star Diego Maradona came out in support of Venezuela and criticized Donald Trump in a message before he answered questions from Mexican journalists during a press conference at the Tamaulipas stadium.  “I want to dedicate this triumph to Nicolas Maduro and to all Venezuelans who are suffering,” Maradona declared…

Jean Michel Lapin Is Haiti’s New Prime Minister

Jean Michel Lapin is the official new head of government PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Haitian President Jovenel Moise has announced the appointment of interim prime minister Jean Michel Lapin as the official new head of government. The elected candidate must now be ratified by the Senate and the Chamber…

Canada to reject refugees with claims in other countries

OTTAWA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada intends to change the law to make it harder for asylum seekers rejected by countries like the US to file refugee claims at the border.The move comes as thousands of asylum seekers have crossed the border after their claims were rejected in the US.Amendments…

Somalia: Capital’s only ambulance service banned from Mogadishu blast scenes

MOGADISHU, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Somalia have ordered the only ambulance service in the capital, Mogadishu, to stop going to bomb blast scenes for “security reasons”. Dr Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, who has been running Aamin Ambulance for the past 12 years, said the decision would gravely impact the…

Kenya court suspends ban on Muslim prayers at school

NAIROBI, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A High Court has suspended a ban imposed by a private school in the capital on Muslim children saying their daily prayers at the school or going to a nearby mosque.The suspension will remain in place until the case is determined, the court said.Muslim groups…

Nigeria: Twenty killed in attack in suspected herders-farmers conflict

ABUJA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 20 people have been killed when two villages were attacked in Kaduna state in north-west Nigeria.A local official in Kajuru Local Government area said that following Monday’s attacks people were still searching for other victims in the bushes outside the villages.Eyewitnesses suspect Fulani…

Former South African president Zuma denies late Libyan president Gaddafi gave him $30m cash

PRETORIA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has denied an allegation by a local newspaper that the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave him $30m. According to the Sunday Times the money was to secure Col Gaddafi legal representation if he was captured and taken to…