Maldives Records Over 900,000 Tourist Arrivals This Year

MALE, Oct 12 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldives received more than 905,000 tourists so far this year, local media cited the tourism ministry data as reported yesterday. The tourist arrivals are 122.5 percent higher than last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to prolonged border closures and restrictions on international travels…

Venezuela and Turkey Sign Three Cooperation Agreements

ANKARA, Oct 11 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia has signed three cooperation agreements with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to strengthen bilateral ties. The agreements are connected with the development of Turkey’s Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity, and the…

Brazil’s oldest person dies aged 116, 3rd oldest person in the world

FORTALEZA (Ceara, Brazil), Oct 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The 116-year-old Francisca Celsa dos Santos considered the oldest person in Brazil, has died at her home in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Dos Santos passed away of pneumonia on Tuesday Oct 5 just days before her 117th birthday, according to Fernanda…

Covid-19: Chile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air

SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Given the favorable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid 19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and international travelers arriving at Punta Arenas airport. As of Nov…

Covid-19: Pres Bolsonaro banned from Brazilian football stadium for not being vaxxed

SAO PAULO, Oct 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not allowed to enter a football stadium to watch Gremio’s match against Santos because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. To add to the presidential ban controversy Santos won 1-0 during injury time which needed intervention from video assisting…

US, UK warn citizens of threat to Kabul hotels

  WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Britain warned their citizens on Monday to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens were killed at a mosque in an attack claimed by the Daesh group.   The Taliban, which seized power in August and declared an Islamic emirate,…

Taliban Says Talks With U.S. To Continue If Necessary

KABUL, Oct 11 (NNN-ANA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the caretaker government in Afghansitan, said today that, talks with the United States will continue, if necessary. Over the weekend, a Taliban delegation, led by Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the caretaker government, met with a U.S.…

US couple arrested for selling nuclear warship data

  WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US couple has been arrested in the state of West Virginia for allegedly selling information on nuclear warships to what they believed was a foreign state, the Justice Department said.   Jonathan Toebbe, 42, who worked as a nuclear engineer for the US…

1 dead, 17 hurt in Chile as police clash with indigenous protesters

  SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person died and 17 others were injured as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.   About a thousand activists, many wearing ponchos and traditional head ornaments, marched Sunday in the center of…

Western embassies in Libya welcome Action Plan to withdraw foreign forces from Libya

TRIPOLI, Oct 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Western embassies in Libya welcomed the comprehensive Action Plan signed two days ago by the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) to withdraw foreign forces from Libya. “The Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in Libya join Special Envoy…
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