UK: Three protesters arrested after appeals court ruling on migrant hotel; 2 policemen injured

LONDON, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three men were arrested after two police officers suffered minor injuries during a protest outside a UK hotel used to house asylum seekers, police said Saturday. The new protests, the latest episode in a bitter national debate over immigration policy, came after an appeals court…

France: One dead, five injured as car slams into crowd after altercation

ROUEN (France), Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an altercation early Saturday, killing one person and injuring five others, prosecutors said. The incident took place in the town of Evreux in the northern French region…

Brazil’s population reaches 213.4 million

BRASILIA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — Brazil’s Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released a study this week showing that as of July 1, 2025, the population of South America’s largest country amounted to 213.4 million inhabitants, representing a 0.39% increase over the previous year.  The population estimate published in…

UN IOM: 16 Mozambicans trafficked to Laos rescued, repatriated

MAPUTO, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixteen Mozambican nationals trafficked to Laos and forced to work in slave-like conditions have been rescued and returned to their country, the UN’s migration body said Friday. The two women and 14 men were recruited with false promises of salaries of more than 100,000 meticais…

Oil-rich Guyana seeks to escape ‘resource curse’ as voters head to polls

GEORGETOWN, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guyana, a small South American nation with the world’s largest oil reserves per capita, heads to presidential elections on Monday seeking to escape the “resource curse” that has plagued other petroleum-rich countries. With an estimated 11 billion barrels of reserves for a population of 850,000…

More than 300 Venezuelans return home from the US

CARACAS, Aug 30 (NNN-TELESUR) — A total of 319 Venezuelans—281 men, 31 women, 6 boys, and 1 girl—arrived at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira, from Texas, United States, on flight 63 of the (Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria) Great ”Return to the Homeland” Mission.The returnees were…

Venezuela coordinates peace efforts with five other countries amid US presence in the Caribbean

CARACAS, Aug 30 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan Foreign Vice Minister Rander Peña held a meeting in Caracas with the ambassadors of Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Honduras, and Nicaragua to address the challenges posed by the US military presence in the Caribbean. The meeting, held at the Foreign Ministry, allowed for an exchange…

Presidents Lula and Mulino advance Panama’s accession to Mercosur

BRASILIA, Aug 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Panamanian colleague José Raúl Mulino met in Brasilia to advance the Central American country’s accession to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). In addition, the two leaders instructed their teams to begin negotiations aimed at addressing the…

Paraguay’s Senate wants to explore shifting from Taipei to Beijing ties

ASUNCION, Aug 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Paraguay’s Senate has requested a report from the Foreign Ministry as to the reasons for the country’s continued diplomatic recognition of Taiwan instead of mainland China. Paraguay is currently the only South American nation to formally recognize Taiwan. This decision comes amid a growing debate…

Uruguay and Brazil sign across-the-border health agreement

MONTEVIDEO, Aug 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Health Ministers Cristina Lustemberg of Uruguay and Alexandre Padilha of Brazil have signed an agreement to create a binational health commission to improve healthcare services in their border regions. The understanding’s main goal is to reactivate a commission to coordinate health actions and overcome bureaucratic…