Argentina: Pres Macri defends record in fiery speech to Congress

BUENOS AIRES, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Mauricio Macri delivered a robust defence of his austerity policy in a State of the Union address to Argentina’s Congress ahead of a reelection bid in October. Macri went on the offensive in a turbulent session that featured shouts and heckling from opposition lawmakers,…

Eight hurt in aborted take-off at London Stansted airport

LONDON, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight people suffered minor injuries during an aborted take-off at London Stansted Airport, causing flights to be suspended for around three hours. Crew on the Laudamotion flight to Vienna suspected engine problems on the runway shortly after 8pm on Friday March 1. Passengers reported a bang…

EU ready to give UK more guarantees on Brexit: chief negotiator Barnier

PARIS, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union is prepared to give Britain further Brexit guarantees to help a divorce deal through the British parliament, the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said. “We can find guarantees to confirm, clarify, guarantee the goodwill and good faith of the Europeans with commitments which…

France’s ‘yellow vest’ protesters back on the streets, police respond with teargas

PARIS, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s “yellow vest” protesters took to the streets on Saturday, for the 16th straight weekend, some clashing with police who responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon. By 2pm around 5,600 people had joined the protests throughout the country, most of them in the…

UN concern over ‘forced return’ of Nigerian refugees to Boko Haram-hit region

LAGOS, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of Nigerian refugees are being forced to return to a remote town repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram, despite lacking security, food, water and shelter, aid agencies said. The United Nations said some 20,000 refugees had returned to Rann from Cameroon on Thursday,…

Executions Stepped Up in War-Torn South Sudan, Amnesty Says

JUBA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan is stepping up its use of executions, hanging seven people in the first two months of 2019, the same number subjected to the death penalty all of last year, Amnesty International said. Six were executed at a prison in the capital, Juba, and…

China hands over satellite TV project for 300 Burundian villages

BUJUMBURA, March 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Chinese government handed over a China-aided satellite television project to the Burundian government, which will benefit 300 villages in the central African country. The project is one of the fruits of the 2015 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in South Africa,…

Kenyan police says kills 2 illegal firearm dealers in border region

Kenya, March 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kenyan police shot dead two suspects found smuggling and trading illegal firearms along the Kenya-Uganda border. West Pokot county police commander Mathews Kutto said officers, acting on a tip-off, laid an ambush Friday on the route the suspects were using before fire exchange between the…

Mexico Seizes 816 Kg Cocaine Off Pacific Coast

MEXICO CITY, March 3 (NNN-XINHUA) —The Mexican Navy seized 816 kg cocaine and arrested three men on a boat in the Pacific off the coast of the southern state of Guerrero. Mexico’s Ministry of the Navy said in a statement that officers with the Eighth Naval Region, based in the Port of Acapulco, deployed…

Three Killed In Shooting In Mexican Resort Of Cancun

MEXICO CITY, March 3 (NNN-XINHUA) —Three people were killed and another was injured in a shooting Saturday near a hotel zone in Mexico’s famed Caribbean resort of Cancun, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 1 p.m. local time, in broad daylight, on Bonampak Avenue in downtown Cancun, home to restaurants and bars that are…