Cuba lifts customs restrictions on food and medicine after biggest protests in decades
Anti-government protesters march in Havana HAVANA, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba announced it was temporarily lifting restrictions on travellers bringing…
Venezuelan opposition figure Freddy Guevara arrested for “links to extremist groups”: Attorney General
Freddy Guevara CARACAS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prominent Venezuelan opposition figure Freddy Guevara was arrested on Monday, Attorney General Tarek…
US puts visa restrictions on 100 Nicaraguans after opposition arrests
President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After Nicaragua’s crackdown on several opposition figures, the United States…
Covid-10: HIV ‘significant’ risk factor for severe Covid – WHO research
The World Health Organisation’s logo PARIS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — HIV is a “significant” risk factor for severe Covid-19,…
Update: Cuba restores Internet access after protests, but not social media
Protests that broke out in Cuba on Sunday were the largest since the revolution of the 1950s and come as…
Brazil’s Pres Bolsonaro, who was stabbed in 2018, may need emergency surgery
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will travel to Sao Paulo to undergo tests and could receive emergency surgery BRASILIA, July 15…
US state of Montana declares statewide wildland fire emergency
HELENA (Montana, US), July 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Montana declared a statewide wildland fire emergency on Wednesday as wildfires are burning…
US racism: Los Angeles County prepares to apologize to local Native American tribes
Native Americans join others in a ceremony to mark the first Indigenous People’s Day, in place of previously celebrated Columbus…
Covid-19: World in early stages of third wave, says WHO
We are now in early stages of COVID-19 third wave: WHO chief GENEVA, July 15 (NNN-TASS) — The world is…
Huge fires rage in western US, Canada
LOS ANGELES, July 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a million acres of the western US and Canada were in flames…