Peru: Country risk at 117 basis points

LIMA, Aug 6 (NNN-ANDINA) – On July 24-31, the country risk indicator —measured by the EMBIG Peru spread— stood at 117 bps, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) has informed. In the same period, the EMBIG Latin America spread fell 46 bps to 467 bps, due to a decrease in the…

Emirates shows glimpse of its first Boeing 777X

Dubai-based airline Emirates unveiled the first photos of its new widebody aircraft the Boeing 777X. Photo courtesy of Emirates Airline/Twitter DUBAI, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Emirates has provided a first look at one of its futuristic Boeing 777X planes, which are on order. The Dubai airline tweeted an image of…

UK joins maritime operation to counter Iranian threat in Gulf

LONDON, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain is to join a US-led maritime mission to protect merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz amid regional tension with Iran, which has seized and harassed oil tankers in the Arabian Gulf. The government said the UK would be heading the operation and had…

US designates China ‘a currency manipulator’ as trade war flares

The US Treasury Department labeled China a currency manipulator Monday, August 5, after Beijing pushed down the value of its yuan in a dramatic escalation of the trade conflict between the world’s two biggest economies. Photo courtesy of free images/ Pixalbay WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Trump administration on Monday…

UAE condemns Cairo terrorist attack that killed 20

DUBAI, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UAE has condemned the terrorist attack that took place on Monday in Cairo, which killed 20 people and injured 47 more. Egypt said on Monday that an explosives-laden car belonging to a violent breakaway faction of the Muslim Brotherhood blew up outside a cancer…

Russia If the US Develops New Nuclear Missiles, We Will Too: Putin

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, instructed the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry and Foreign Intelligence Service to monitor further steps of the U.S. Photo courtesy of Telesur MOSCOW, Aug 6 (NNN-TELESUR) – Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Monday that Moscow would start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the United…

Syrian Army Resumes Operations After Attacks on Idlib

The first operations of the Syrian army were the destruction of artillery and missiles in positions of the Al-Nusra Front in Latamineh-Zakat-Arbin. Photo courtesy of HispanTV DAMASCUS, Aug 6 (NNN-TELESUR) – The Government of Syria on Monday denounced the violations of the ceasefire by the groups terrorists, who continue attacks on civilians in the province of Idlib(northwest)…

White Supremacist In Chief: Social Media, Prominent Democrats React to Trump

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-TELESUR) – After the United States suffered a deadly weekend with two more mass shootings with 29 dead and over 40 wounded, the attention has shifted to President Donald Trump, who blamed fake news, video games and mental illness but not his hate speech and racism, as incentives behind…

Iran demands minimum oil exports of 2.8-mln-bpd under nuke deal

TEHRAN, Aug 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that Iran’s minimum demand for oil sales under the 2015 nuclear deal is 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd). Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has conveyed this demand to the European signatories of the nuclear deal, or…

Missing Irish teen: police dismiss kidnap claim

Nora Quoirin (right), arrived from London with her family on Saturday (Aug 3), for a two-week trip. Photo courtesy of DOMINIC GRAHAM/ FACEBOOK NILAI, Aug 5 (NNN-Bernama) — Police have dismissed claims by foreign media that Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin who went missing from The Dusun Rainforest Resort here…