17 die in road crash in central Nigeria: official
LAGOS, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seventeen people were killed when a passenger bus collided with an oncoming truck in central…
Russia launches floating nuclear reactor in Arctic
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia launched the world’s first floating nuclear reactor, sending it on an epic journey across…
US and Russia trade barbs at UN over ‘new arms race’
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and the UStraded accusations at the United Nations of risking a new arms…
Brazil tightens controls over money laundering and illicit financial activities
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Brazilian government issued a decree moving the Financial Activities Control Board (Coaf), which monitors…
Argentine presidential candidate Fernandez favors the Mexico/Uruguay position in the Venezuela conflict
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez said that if he wins the October election he…
Tourism to Cuba plunges after Trump’s tightening of travel ban – data
The cruise ship MS Empress of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean International, as it leaves the bay of Havana,…
Spain: All residents likely to go home as Gran Canaria fire weakens
Smoke billows from a fire raging in Agaete in the Natural Park of Tamadaba on the island of Gran Canaria…
300,000 livestock vaccinated along Kenya, Uganda border
NAIROBI, Aug 22 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya and Uganda have vaccinated 300,000 cows in a free joint mass vaccination of livestock…
Mexico partners Ghana to increase yields in corn production
ACCRA, Aug 22 (NNN-GNA) — Ghana is set to make giant strides in agricultural production following enhanced partnership between Mexico…
Spain issues international alert as listeria cases hit 150
MADRID, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s health ministry issued an international alert over the country’s biggest ever listeriosis outbreak on…