Colombia presidential elections: Senator Petro ahead in all polls for Sunday’s elections
BOGOTA, May 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The 62-year-old Senator Gustavo Petro is poised to win Sunday’s presidential elections in Colombia, according…
UN rights envoy defends controversial China visit
BEIJING, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN rights envoy said her contentious visit to China was “not an investigation”, and…
Disease experts call on WHO, governments for more action on monkeypox
GENEVA, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to…
Pres Biden suspends US steel tariffs on Ukraine for one year
WASHINGTON, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden has announced lifting a 25% tariff on steel and steel products…
Update: 37 dead in heavy rains in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 37 people were killed and about 5,000 others displaced in northeastern…
Climate change effect on Peruvian glaciers debated in German court
Climate change brought on by greenhouse gas emissions from private enterprise and industries is responsible for melting glaciers, activists say…
Mexico confirms its first monkeypox case
MEXICO CITY, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Health officials in Mexico confirmed Saturday the country’s first known case of monkeypox, in…
Brazil: La Nina-induced downpours leave at least 28 dead
Firefighters working in the area of a landslide due to heavy rains in the Corrego do Jenipapo neighbourhood in Recife,…
Roundup: Indonesia Woos Investors To Boost EV Battery Industry
by Nurul Fitri Ramadhani JAKARTA, May 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Indonesian government is wooing foreign investors, to help develop the…
US shooting: Armed female bystander kills man firing at birthday party in West Virginia
AR-15 style rifles CHARLESTON (West Virginia, US) May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A female party-goer stopped a potential mass shooting in…