Americas

US launches plan to bring back foreign tourists

 WASHINGTON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In an effort to win back billions of dollars in tourism revenue lost during the…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia bans more Americans from entry as US accuses Russia of intimidating its Moscow-based journalists

 MOSCOW, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow expanded the list of US citizens banned from entering Russia to include Treasury Secretary…

US shooting: 2-year-old accidentally kills father in Florida

MIAMI, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in Florida after his parents left…

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

Dom Phillips BRASILIA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a…

US wins authority to seize Russian oligarch’s planes

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the US government after flying his plane out of the country NEW…

Mexico snub throws Americas’ summit into disarray

LOS ANGELES, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden’s plans to reboot US engagement with Latin America – especially on critical…

Dominican Republic minister shot dead in office by childhood friend; shooter in police custody

SANTO DOMINGO, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dominican Republic’s environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead during a meeting…

Afghan leader unlikely to have fled Kabul with millions in cash: US watchdog

Then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani  WASHINGTON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani almost certainly did not flee Kabul…

Colombia discovers two historical shipwrecks in Caribbean

BOGOTA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San Jose galleon have discovered two…

US gun violence: New York raises age for owning semiautomatic rifle

Governor Kathy Hochul NEW YORK, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York’s governor raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle…