Pres Maduro meets with opposition at negotiating table in Venezuela

CARACAS, March 3 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held a meeting with government and opposition members of the national negotiating table at the executive’s Miraflores Palace Monday. “We move forward with a firm and sustained step in the dialogue with the different political sectors of the country that contribute to reaching…

Lima Group condemns violence acts against Venezuela’s opposition leader Guaido

LIMA, March 3 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Lima Group has condemned the violence actions perpetrated by paramilitary groups against Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido and the people around him during an activity in Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto. “The Governments of Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay,…

Colombia will have to restart aerial spraying to destroy coca: US Pres Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington WASHINGTON, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia will have to restart aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate in order to destroy crops of coca, the chief ingredient of cocaine, US President…

US sanctions, charges 2 Chinese nationals linked to North Korean hack

WASHINGTON, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US authorities sanctioned two Chinese citizens and accused them of of laundering more than US$100 million in cryptocurrency stolen in a 2018 cyberattack linked to North Korea. Tian Yinyin and Li Jiadong are accused of working with Lazarus Group, sponsored by North Korea and blamed for…

Trump administration to cut number of employees at Chinese media outlets in US

The United States said it is slashing the number of Chinese employees permitted to work at the US offices of major Chinese state-owned media outlets WASHINGTON, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it was slashing the number of Chinese nationals permitted to work at the US offices of…

Over 1,800 test positive for coronavirus in Italy as death toll reaches 52

Pedestrians wearing face masks are seen on the street in Milan ROME, March 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 1,835 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far in Italy, up by 258 cases compared to an official tally released on Sunday evening, the Civil Protection Department said.…

Senegal reports first confirmed case of COVID-19: official

DAKAR, March 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action confirmed the country’s first case of COVID-19.  The infected patient is of French nationality, father of two kids, returned on Feb 26 to Dakar from Paris with Air Senegal’s flight, after spending holidays in southern France, according to…

COVID-19: UK PM Johnson chairs emergency meeting as cases rise to 40

Widespread transmission of coronavirus in the UK is now “highly likely”, Public Health England (PHE) has said. LONDON, March 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired a Monday meeting of the government’s COBRA emergency committee amid rising threat of the novel coronavirus as Britain confirmed four new COVID-19…

Greece treats migrant flows as national security issue as hundreds reach its islands

Migrants and refugees behind a wired fence at the borderline between Greece and Turkey near the closed Kastanies border crossing in northeastern Greece MYTILENE (Greece), March 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Greece has adopted a tougher stance and is treating the migration challenge as a national security issue, Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos…

South African police evict migrant squatters from Cape Town’s busy square

A woman wails as law enforcement officials move in to disperse a group of immigrants who had occupied a historic church and a square in central Cape Town Cape Town, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African police forcibly removed hundreds of migrants who had been squatting for four months on…