Companies from China, Canada, Mexico and U.S. lead mining projects in Peru

LIMA, April 1 (NNN-ANDINA) — Investments in mining projects across Peru —broken down by country of origin— are led by companies from China, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and 7 other countries with financing sources from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) reported. Likewise, the…

Russia foils terrorist plot in Dagestan

MOSCOW, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — Russia foiled a terror plot in a special operation in its Dagestan Republic, arresting three suspects, said the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the NAC said that special forces blocked the alleged terrorists in several apartments in residential areas of…

At least eight killed in new Ecuador attack: police

QUITO, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least eight people were killed and eight others wounded after an armed attack in southwestern Ecuador on Saturday, police said, the latest escalation of violence in the country. “Several armed subjects aboard a vehicle” opened fire on a group of people in the port…

Plane crash kills two in California: Police

LOS ANGELES, Maarch 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people died when a small airplane crashed in a California town near the Nevada state line on Saturday evening, police said. A single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at Truckee Tahoe Airport shortly after 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the Truckee Police Department said…

Iranian TV journalist stabbed in London in stable condition

LONDON, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A United Kingdom-based journalist for independent Iranian media who was attacked outside his London home, prompting a counter-terrorism police probe, is “doing very well”, his news channel said. Pouria Zeraati, a presenter for Persian-language outlet Iran International was in stable condition, the channel’s spokesman Adam…

Ecuador gang kills 5 tourists in case of mistaken identity

QUITO, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuadoran gangsters abducted, interrogated and killed five tourists, apparently thinking they were members of a rival drug gang, officials said. Around 20 attackers stormed a hotel Friday in the beach town of Ayampe in southern Ecuador and kidnapped six adults and a child, local police…

Bulgaria, Romania join Schengen area: European Commission

BRUSSELS, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — Bulgaria and Romania will join the border-free Schengen area as of Sunday (March 31), the European Commission said. “The Schengen rules will apply in both Member States including on issuing Schengen visas and controls at the internal air and sea borders will be lifted,” the…

World Bank to boost resilience of 3 mln Ethiopians in drought-prone regions

ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — The World Bank said that it has scaled up efforts to boost the resilience of three million Ethiopians living in drought-prone lowlands. The World Bank, in a statement issued late Friday, said Ethiopians living in climate-affected lowlands of the country will receive new support…

Heavy rains destroyed 699 homes, leave over 1,600 people homeless in southern Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 1,660 people have been left homeless due to heavy rains that destroyed 699 houses in the Nachingwea district of the Lindi region in southern Tanzania, an official announced on Saturday. Mohamed Moyo, the Nachingwea district commissioner, said that some of the…

Argentina reports over 163,000 dengue cases in 2024

BUENOS AIRES, March 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — Argentina has reported a total of 163,419 cases of dengue fever so far in 2024, its Ministry of Health said Saturday. The ministry said in its National Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN) that the central region reported the largest number of cases, followed by the northeastern…