Russia-Ukraine conflict: World Bank approves additional $1.5 bn aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Bank on Tuesday announced an additional $1.5 billion in aid for Ukraine, bringing…
US VP Harris announces migration funds as Mexico snubs Americas summit
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Vice President Kamala Harris announced a fresh $1.9 billion in private sector funding…
Brazilian police open criminal probe amid search for missing British journalist, indigenous expert
BRASILIA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian police have opened a criminal probe and interviewed at least four witnesses believed to…
Bolivia still evaluating six firms for lithium mining partnerships
Direct lithium extraction, a new method, uses almost no water LA PAZ, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia has narrowed to…
Canada issues monkeypox-related travel notice, warns of potential delays returning home
Travellers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport OTTAWA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada issued a monkeypox-related travel notice advising travellers to…
Record caravan of 15,000 US-bound migrants departs southern Mexico
TAPACHULA (Mexico), June 7 (NNN-EFE) — A huge caravan of nearly 15,000 migrants, the most numerous to date, departed the…
Italian police hit Colombian drug gang, seize tonnes of cocaine valued at $257 mln
‘Clan del Golfo’ member and cousin of the top leader before being extradited to the US at an anti-narcotics base…
Although still below 2019 levels, tourism arrivals picking up in Europe and the Americas
MADRID, June 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The World Tourism Organization is reporting that tourism continues to recover at a strong pace.…
Argentine Pres Alberto Fernández will be Venezuela’s voice at Los Angeles Summit, Pres Maduro says
CARACAS, June 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said Argentina’s President would represent all those countries excluded from the…
Nearly 8-mn in Latin America risk food insecurity: UN body
SANTIAGO, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A sharp economic slowdown and rising inflation threatens to swell the ranks of food…