KIGALI, Oct 15, (APP/AFP): Representatives from almost 200 countries reached an agreement Saturday on the phaseout of potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, a major step in curbing global warming, a Rwandan minister announced. “The amendment and decisions are adopted,” Rwanda’s Minister of Natural Resources Vincent Biruta said after overnight talks, held […]
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Agreement in Kigali on phaseout of HFC gases: Rwandan minister
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Argentina protests planned UK army exercises in Falklands
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 15, (APP/AFP) – Argentina has said that it has lodged an “emphatic protest” against British plans to hold military exercises in the disputed Falkland Islands, renewing an old feud after a recent thaw. British Ambassador Mark Kent was summoned to the offices of the Argentine Foreign Ministry and given a formal note […]
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Bypassing congress, Maduro decrees Venezuela budget
CARACAS, Oct 15 (APP/AFP) – President Nicolas Maduro issued the government’s 2017 budget by decree Friday, bypassing the opposition-held legislature in a move that could deepen Venezuela’s economic crisis. “Here is the 2017 budget and debt law. May it be fulfilled. I ask for the support of the people, the military and the street,” Maduro […]
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American NGO worker kidnapped in Niger: security source
NIAMEY, Oct 15, (APP/AFP) – An American NGO worker was kidnapped Friday night in the Niger town of Abalak, northeast of the capital Niamey, before being taken by his abductors to Mali, a security source told AFP. “An American NGO worker was kidnapped Friday around 9:00 pm local time (2000 GMT) in Abalak. It is […]
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Delayed Haiti elections to go ahead November 20
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 15, (APP/AFP) – Haiti,whose long-overdue presidential elections were further delayed when Hurricane Matthew ravaged the island nation killing hundreds and causing massive destruction, will vote on November 20, officials said Friday. Haitians had been due to head to the polls last week, but the elections, in which voters will cast ballots for both […]
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Gambia opposition to field single presidential candidate
BANJUL, Gambia, Oct 15 (APP/AFP): The Gambia’s opposition parties announced Friday they would unite around a single candidate for December’s presidential election, in an unusual show of unity as President Yahya Jammeh seeks a fifth term in power. At a meeting in Banjul, the groups agreed to pick a single contender at a convention on […]