Update: Thousands flee as Hurricane Ida bears down on Louisiana
Traffic has clogged some roads out of Louisiana as residents flee BATON ROUGE (Louisiana, US), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens…
Europe migrant crisis: More than 500 people rescued off Italian island – single largest in a day
Hundreds of migrants crammed onto a decrepit fishing boat were rescued off the island of Lampedusa, Italy ROME, Aug 29…
Brazilian President says “everyone should buy a rifle”
BRASILIA, Aug 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that “everyone should buy a rifle” in order not to…
Chilean Senate debates whether to make voting mandatory ahead of November election
GABRIEL BORIC SANTIAGO, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Chilean Senate is debating a bill whether to make voting in national…
Covid-19: Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro City Hall to require vaccine passports for public spaces starting next month
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The City Hall of Rio de Janeiro announced that effective Sept 1, a…
Covid-19: Uruguayan President signs decree outlining conditions for foreigners to re-enter as of Sept 1
MONTEVIDEO, Aug 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Foreign owners of real estate property in the country will be allowed back into Uruguay…
Italy says it has received most Afghan evacuees in EU
Afghan refugees waiting to be sorted into different residences at Rome Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino, Italy ROME, Aug…
Covid-19: 160,000 protest in France against Covid rules
PARIS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A total of 160,000 people protested across France on Saturday, the interior ministry said, angered…
US airlifts food, tents to quake-ravaged southern Haiti
Food is loaded onto a VM-22 Osprey at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince JEREMEI (Haiti), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Afghans ‘we want peace from the world’ demonstrate in Athens
ATHENS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Afghans marched to the US Embassy in Athens on Saturday, making a plea to…