Americas

Fred hits Cuba with heavy rains, leaving in the early morning

HAVANA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The tropical storm Fred hit the Eastern region of Cuba on Friday with heavy rains and…

US impose more sanctions on Cuban security forces and officials

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Without departing from the growing line of hostility towards Cuba, the US government announced new…

Venezuela: Dialogue between government and opposition kicks off

The Government of Venezuela and the opposition (United Platform) sign a memorandum of understanding to begin the political negotiations in…

Argentina wants to prove it existed as such 200 years ago

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 14 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina officially invited the Portuguese president and Prime Minister to visit the country as…

Nicaraguan police raid paper that branded government a ‘dictatorship’

La Prensa newspapers in Managua MANAGUA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Nicaragua raided the premises of independent newspaper La…

Climate change: July world’s hottest month ever – US Agency

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — July was the world’s hottest month ever recorded, a US federal scientific and regulatory agency has…

Covid-19: Canada to mandate vaccine for government workers

OTTAWA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Canadian government announced it will require all federal workers and most commercial rail, air…

Canada to take in 20,000 Afghan refugees targeted by Taliban

Taliban insurgents patrol the streets of Ghazni OTTAWA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada said it will take in up to…

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon edges down, still high under Pres Bolsonaro

A deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State BRASILIA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon…

Covid-19: Germany names Israel, Turkey, US as high-risk areas

Travellers line up at a check-in counter of the Cologne-Bonn Airport BERLIN, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German government has…