Covid-19: 80,000-180,000 health workers may have died from Covid by May 2021 – WHO
GENEVA, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said that 80,000 to 180,000 health care workers may have…
Costa Rica & Canada strengthen wildfire management cooperation
SAN JOSE, Oct 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and the Canadian Forest Fire Interagency…
Governor Mason to be declared first President of Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Oct 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Barbados’ Parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted Governor Sandra Mason to be declared as first Barbadian president and formally end their…
US bans Malaysian firm’s gloves over forced labour
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has barred imports from a Malaysian latex glove maker over alleged labour…
Brazil, Colombia ‘united’ in defense of Amazon ahead of UN climate summit
Colombia‘s President Ivan Duque (L) and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro said their countries will carry “an unequivocal message of protecting” the Amazon BRASILIA, Oct 21…
Ecuador president refuses to testify over Pandora Papers leaks
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso speaks to supporters who gathered outside Carondelet presidential palace in Quito QUITO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic want US to curb Haitian migration
Migrants are seen at a temporary shelter in the village of La Penita, Panama PANAMA CITY, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
US violence: Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to murdering 17 in high school campus
PARKLAND (Florida, US), Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018…
Nigerian romance scam suspects targeted 100 women – FBI/Interpol
Many of the alleged victims are believed to be widows and divorcees WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight Nigerian men…
US, Europeans condemn NKorea submarine missile launch at UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, Britain and France confirmed to the UN that North Korea has…