Canada says black boxes from Iran crash should be sent to France

Most of the victims were Iranian and Canadian citizens OTTAWA, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Iran to send the flight and cockpit data recorders from a crashed jet to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada.…

Update: Mexico offers 4,000 jobs to new migrant caravan

MEXICO CITY, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offered 4,000 jobs to migrants in a new caravan currently crossing Central America toward the United States. “We have more than 4,000 jobs along our southern border, and also migrant shelters. There is work in our country,” he…

US: Avalanche kills 1 person in ski resort in Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — A skier was killed and another severely injured in an early morning avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort in Northern California, police said. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office in North Auburn, California, confirmed that 34-year-old Cole Comstock from Blairsden, a census-designated place in…

At least two die in plane crash in Chile

SANTIAGO, Jan 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least two people died on Friday in a plane crash in the northern part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, the Chilean Air Force reported. According to authorities, the plane had taken off from La Victoria Airfield in the city of Colina, Chacabuco province, for…

New migrant caravan from Honduras nears Mexico’s southern border

Members of a migrant caravan walk into the interior of Mexico MEXICO CITY, Jan 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — A new migrant caravan that left Honduras on Wednesday is nearing Mexico’s southern border, the Mexican Interior Ministry said. Mexico’s National Institute of Immigration (INM) will deal with applications for temporary employment or…

Greece ready to help Libya’s post-conflict transition: FM

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (L) welcomes Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), in Athens ATHENS, Jan 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Greece is ready to help Libya going forward once a solution is found to the conflict there, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told the press following his…

UN Security Council asks Malian parties to implement peace accord

A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Security Council urged Malian parties to show political will to urgently accelerate the implementation of their 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation. In a press statement, the council members…

Unrest in Ethiopian universities forces 35,000 students to quit class: ministry

A view of streets and high rise apartment buildings in Addis Ababa ADDIS ABABA, Jan 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education confirmed that unrest in 22 universities have caused 35,000 students to quit class. The ministry said it has taken various disciplinary measures against hundreds of…

US Pres Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader to be ‘careful with his words’

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be “very carefulwith his words.” “The so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ of Iran, who has not been so Supremelately, had some nasty things to say about the United States and Europe,”Trump tweeted of Khamenei’s comments earlier…

Germany agrees plan to phase out coal power by 2038

A lignite power plant near Halle in eastern Germany  BERLIN, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German government and regional leaders have agreed on a plan to phase out coal-fired power stations by 2038, involving compensation of about €40bn. The end date for burning brown coal (lignite) – the dirtiest type of coal –…