Brazil’s agribusiness joins the campaign to stop rainforest fires in the Amazon
BRASILIA, Sept 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, with news…
US restricts sending of remittances to Cuba, bans donations
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amended the Cuban Assets Control…
Brazil: Students protest over education and the Amazon
BRASILIA, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — With painted-faces and dressed in black, Brazilian students took to the streets on Saturday…
France sends aid to Bolivia to fight Amazon fires
PARIS, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The French government announced on Saturday it has sent 38-strong firefighting brigade to Bolivia…
New act of violence in Colombia; two former guerrillas murdered
BOGOTA, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The murder of two other former guerrillas of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
Update: Mugabe to be buried at hilltop shrine in zimbabwe – official
HARARE, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Robert Mugabe will be buried at a hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite,…
Germany: Demonstrators protest against no-deal Brexit in central Berlin
BERLIN, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of demonstrators belonging to a group called “Stop the Coup” gathered in central Berlin…
Clashes as ‘yellow vest’ protesters revive protests across France
A police car burns on the sidelines of a yellow vest demonstration in Montpellier on Saturday. MONTPELLIER (France), Sept 8…
Pope Francis pleads with Madagascans to protect rainforest
ANTANARIVO, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis made an impassioned plea to Madagascans to protect the Indian Ocean’s unique environment from…
Update: Dorian makes landfall near Halifax, Canada as dangerous cyclone
OTTAWA, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dorian made landfall in Canada onSaturday night south of Halifax with ferocious 155 kph winds…