Americas

Brazil burns boats in crackdown on wildcat Amazon gold miners

Accommodations and mining structures on the Madeira River, near the Rosarinho community, in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil BRASÍLIA, Nov 29…

Opposition, ruling party claim Honduras election win, as turnout fuels hope of change

Xiomara Castro, presidential candidate for the opposition Libre Party TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The opposition and the ruling party…

Covid-19: Jamaica receives 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

MEXICO CITY, Nov 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Jamaica received 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine recently, half of which were…

New COVID variant: US salutes South African scientists for alerting the world

The Omicron variant was first detected in South Africa WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States of America has…

Arms-for-money exchange program kicks off at the Mexican border

Mexican Army personnel destroy weapons handed over by people in Ciudad Juarez MEXICO CITY, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Firearms…

US gun violence: 5-year-old shot, killed by teen making video: Police

Gun violence and homicides have soared in the US during the pandemic WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A five-year-old child…

Barbados to become a republic, replacing British queen

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley unveil the plaque at the official opening of Golden Square Freedom Park in Bridgetown,…

Peruvian lawmakers want Castillo impeached

LIMA, Nov 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peru’s President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been served with a notification that a vacancy motion…

Covid-19: Argentina to launch green pass for mass events

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Health Minister Carla Vizzotti announced during a press conference that the country was…

CFK acquitted in corruption cases: Operations were legit, judges said

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her children…