Americas

Top oil producers eye modest output boost as prices surge

LONDON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 23 members of the OPEC+ oil cartel, who meet on Wednesday, are expected to…

Ecuador floods: Death toll rises to 22 in capital after flooding; 50 injured, 5 missing

People carry an injured man during the search for victims after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Quito QUITO,…

US gun violence: 2 Virginia college officers killed; suspect in custody

Police form a perimeter on Airport Road south of the North River in Bridgewater, Va., during a manhunt following a…

US gun violence: 2 suspects arrested following Minnesota shooting that left 1 student dead and another wounded

Police work in front of South Education Center Academy in Richfield, Minnesota RICHFIELD (Minnesota, US), Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities…

US: Fire at fertiliser plant in North Carolina may cause explosion, area evacuated

Firefighters battle a fire of burning Weaver Fertilizer Plant on Cherry Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina NORTH CAROLINA, Feb 1…

Covid-19: WHO warns of Covid medical waste threat

    GENEVA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in…

Fourth journalist slain in Mexico in a month

A woman posts photos of murdered journalists during a national protest MEXICO CITY, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A journalist with an…

Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capital

 QUITO, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding…

US lacks moral authority to criticise rights abuses, says Cuba

An old American car drives near a banner reading ‘As the virus, the United States blockade isolates’, in Havana HAVANA,…

US: All federal prisons locked down after deadly gang fight

The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) wrote in an emailed statement that two prisoners died in hospital near the prison in…