Americas

Surging food prices fuel protests across developing world

A protest in Lima, Peru PARIS, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The war in Ukraine and drought fuelled by climate change…

Mine Museum Showcases Peril Of War In Afghanistan

KABUL, May 19 (NNN-ANA) – The OMAR Mine Museum, in the Afghan capital Kabul, displays a variety of landmines and…

Pollution behind 1 in 6 global deaths in 2019: Study

PARIS, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pollution caused about 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new…

Chinese FM Urges Japan To Remove Factors Disrupting Ties

BEIJING, May 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, yesterday called on Japan to remove disturbances…

US lodges third labour complaint in Mexico, on behalf of Panasonic workers

MEXICO CITY, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US labour officials asked Mexico to probe whether workers at a Panasonic auto parts factory…

Covid-19: US to study whether longer Paxlovid course needed to combat reinfections

WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US National Institutes of Health is in talks with Pfizer about studying whether a longer…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN urges Ukraine grain release, World Bank pledges extra US$12 billion

UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN warned that a growing global food crisis could last years if it…

Massachusetts identifies first 2022 US case of monkeypox infection

BOSTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said it had confirmed a single case of monkeypox…

US warns of possible North Korean nuclear or missile test during Pres Biden Asia trip

People watch a news report showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, in Seoul WASHINGTON, May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

US racism: Dallas salon shooting investigated as hate crime; Black man arrested, 3 Asian women injured

Jeremy Theron Smith  DALLAS (Texas, US), May 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police say a man accused of shooting three women at…