Tourism is key driver of economic growth and job creation in South Africa: Tourism Minister

PRETORIA, Jan 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has reaffirmed that tourism is a key driver of economic growth, investment and job creation in South Africa.  Between January and December 2025, South Africa welcomed 10.48 million international arrivals, a 17.6% increase compared to 2024 and the highest number…

UN Security Council decides to shut down Hodeidah mission

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for the last time. Hodeidah is a port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast in the western part of the country. Resolution 2813 decides to…

US: Two dead after plane crash that caused large-scale Idaho Power outage

GEM COUNTY (Idaho, US), Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people are dead following a plane crash where the aircraft plummeted into the Payette River near Black Canyon Tuesday morning, the Gem County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The sheriff’s office said based on preliminary information from first responders, the pilot clipped a powerline, then…

Ecuador says US ICE agent tried to enter its consulate in Minneapolis

Federal agents stand guard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US QUITO, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador on Tuesday denounced what it said was an attempted incursion by US immigration agents into the South American country’s consulate in the flashpoint city of Minneapolis. The government of Daniel Noboa, one of Washington’s closest allies…

Venezuela forecasts $1.4 bn oil investments in 2026, up 55%: president

CARACAS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez forecast a $1.4 billion bonanza from planned reforms to the oil sector aimed at drawing in foreign investors following the ouster of Nicolas Maduro. Rodriguez projected oil investments would rise 55 percent over 2025 after a bill ending decades of…

World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say

    PARIS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said. Demand for cooling will “drastically” increase in giant countries like Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria, where hundreds of millions of people…

Libya signs $20 billion oil deal with TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips

US senior advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos with Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibah at an energy forum in Tripoli TRIPOLI, Jan 27 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Libya signed a 25-year oil deal with France’s TotalEnergies and US-based ConocoPhillips, involving more than 20 billion dollars of foreign investments, Prime Minister Abdul…

Acting President Delcy Rodriguez meets Repsol, Chevron and Shell as Venezuela pushes oil law overhaul to draw investment

CARACAS, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez met on Monday in Caracas with representatives of oil companies including Repsol, Chevron and Shell to discuss a hydrocarbons law reform now moving through the National Assembly, as her government seeks to attract private and foreign investment. The meeting took…

Brazil remains world leader in killings of trans people despite drop in 2025, rights groups say

BRASILIA, Jan 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil again topped the global ranking for killings of trans and travesti people despite a year-on-year decline in recorded murders, according to a new annual dossier released by the National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals (Antra). The report counted 80 killings in 2025, down from…

Zionist Israeli Military Launches Second Attack On S. Lebanon In A Day

JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (NNN-NNA) – Zionist Israel’s military said in a statement that, it carried out another attack on southern Lebanon on Monday, targeting a Hezbollah member. The strike, in the Nabatieh area, was a “response to Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings,” it claimed. Earlier yesterday, Lebanon Debate,…
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