Brazil: Mudslides kill 14 in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro state

Brazil floods: The 14 casualties included eight children, authorities said RIO DE JANEIRO, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least 14 people including eight children in southern coastal cities and the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro state, according to state and local authorities.…

Pakistan To Work With Afghanistan, Other Neighbours To Combat Terrorism: Army Chief

ISLAMABAD, Apr 3 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan is working with the Afghan caretaker government and other neighbours, to ensure that terrorist groups are no longer allowed to use the territory of one country against another, Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa said yesterday. “We are committed to preserving…

Brazil Registers Record Trade Surplus In Mar

BRASILIA, Apr 2 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil’s trade balance registered a surplus of 7.4 billion U.S. dollars in Mar, a record for the month, since the beginning of kept records in 1989, the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy said yesterday. The figure represents an increase of 19.3 percent…

Most Residents In California Favour Continuing COVID-19 Restrictions: Survey

LOS ANGELES, Apr 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Though most coronavirus-related policies are expiring and cases remain low in California, a new survey showed that, most residents in the most populous U.S. state, are in favour of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19, even if this means having some restrictions. The…

Update: Russia To Terminate Gas Supply Contracts If “Unfriendly” Buyers Refuse To Pay In Rubles

MOSCOW, Apr 1 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signed a decree yesterday, on new rules of natural gas trade with “unfriendly” countries and regions, vowing to halt existing contracts, if these buyers refuse to pay in rubles. “Today I signed a decree … To purchase Russian natural gas, they…

Iran Says New Sanctions Embodiment Of “Failed” U.S. Policy

TEHRAN, Mar 31 (NNN-IRNA) – The new U.S. sanctions are an embodiment of Washington’s failed policy against Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said. The United States continues to violate the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, while claiming that it is ready to restore the full implementation of…

Cuba sentences protester to 5 years for ‘enemy propaganda’

HAVANA, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Cuban man who staged a rare protest over the detention of a dissident rapper has been slapped with a five-year prison term for disobedience and “enemy propaganda”. In December 2020, Luis Robles took to a central street in Havana with a handwritten sign reading:…

UN urges world to halt worsening Afghanistan crisis

GENEVA, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations urged the world to stand by Afghanistan at a pledging conference on Thursday where it is seeking a record $4.4 billion in humanitarian assistance to the broken country. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on Aug 15 amid the hasty withdrawal of…

Covid-19: 23 countries yet to fully reopen schools, says UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, March 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully reopen schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Over the past two years, nearly…

21,000 passengers affected, 136 flights canceled in Colombia after plane’s emergency landing

BOGOTA, March 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than 21,000 passengers were affected and 136 flights were cancelled in Colombia, following the emergency landing of a commercial plane at a major airport near the city of Medellin, Civil Aviation Director Jair Orlando Fajardo said. The front landing gear of the LATAM Airlines…
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