River bathers killed, injured by piranhas in Paraguay
ASUNCION, Jan 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Two people were reported to have died as a result from attacks by piranhas -a…
Argentine Patagonia hit by devastating fire covering over 80,000 hectares
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — About 80,000 hectares of Argentine Patagonia came under fire during the weekend and the…
Covid-19: US private hiring surged to 807,000 in December – ADP
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hiring in the United States surged in December, with private companies adding 807,000 workers,…
Covid-19: Cuba tightens border controls as infections rebound
HAVANA, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba tightened border controls as the Caribbean island nation moved to tamp down a growing…
Covid-19: Brazil green-lights vaccines for children age 5-11
BRASILIA, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health authorities authorized Covid-19 vaccines for children age five to 11 on Wednesday, as…
UN condemns attack against its Lebanon peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations slammed as “unacceptable” an overnight attack against peacekeepers in southern Lebanon,…
UK BLM protesters acquitted over pulling down of slave trader statue
Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in…
Pro-government lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez reelected president of Venezuelan National Assembly
Venezuelan pro-Government deputies arrive in a caravan carrying portraits of the liberator Simon Bolivar (L) and the late president Hugo…
US: Man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X is suing New York state for $20 million
Muhammad Aziz NEW YORK, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Muhammad Aziz, one of the two men who last month were exonerated…
US: Thirteen people killed in Philadelphia house fire
PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania, US), Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirteen people, including seven children, died when fire tore through public housing…