Americas

Car bomb goes off in Ecuador – no victims this time around as drug gang targets police

QUITO, May 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Nobody was injured as a car bomb went off in front of a Guayaquil police…

More prosecutors killed in Latin America

TEGUCIGALPA, May 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Following the assassination of Paraguay’s Marcelo Pecci while honeymooning in Colombia, two other crimes have…

Update: Hurricane Agatha strengthens en route toward southwest Mexico

MEXICO CITY, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first hurricane of the Pacific season, Agatha, was rapidly strengthening off the western…

US violence: 1 killed, 7 injured in outdoor festival shooting in Oklahoma

TAFT (Oklahoma, US), May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 26-year-old man was in custody after one person was killed and seven…

Brazil: Death toll rises to near 80 from downpours as search continues

RECIFE (Brazil), May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 79 people dead and dozens missing,…

US shooting: Pres Biden grieves with Texas town as anger mounts over school shooting

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects at the Robb Elementary School memorial UVALDE (Texas,…

Colombia presidential elections: Gustavo Petro goes to second round with businessman Rodolfo Hernandez

Gustavo Petro of the Historic Pact coalition waves as he stands with a family member during the first round of…

First hurricane of the eastern Pacific season approaches southern Mexico

A man rests on a beach as Hurricane Agatha barrels toward the southern coast of Mexico PUERTO ESCONDIDO (Mexico), May…

Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health, WHO says

GENEVA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said that monkey pox constitutes a “moderate risk” to overall public…

Covid-19: US California governor tests positive despite receiving two booster shots

Gavin Newsom LOS ANGELES, May 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — The governor of the US state California Gavin Newsom tested positive for…