A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Santiago, Chile SANTIAGO, Nov 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections began in Chile on Sunday with high attendance at the polls in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic. The elections are taking place in a particularly polarized environment, and…

Nearly 800 kidnappings were recorded in Haiti this year before the end of October  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people among a group of 17 US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti last month have been released, aid officials say. Christian Aid Ministries said that…

The Trans-Canada highway remains partially submerged by floodwater after rainstorms lashed B.C., triggering landslides and floods OTTAWA, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A second “atmospheric river” rainstorm is expected to hit Canada’s still-flooded province of British Columbia, according to Environment Canada. The rainstorm will dump up to 100 millimeters of rain on…

  MONTREAL, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from record flooding in western Canada has risen to four, with a fifth person still missing, local authorities there said Saturday.   Torrential rains hit southwestern British Columbia last Sunday and Monday causing widespread flooding and landslides that damaged or destroyed…

  SANTIAGO, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chileans head to the ballot box for the fourth time in 18 months Sunday, this time to elect a new president on whose watch the country will draft its first post-dictatorship constitution.   The poll comes two years after a social revolt against deep-rooted…

CARACAS, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, most of them children and adolescents, have earned the title of the world’s largest orchestra. The record was set by 8,573 musicians. Guinness World Records in a video released on Saturday announced that the musicians, all connected to the country’s network…

A health worker treats a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the Ronaldo Gazolla Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro BRASILIA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil has had 8,833 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours, and 217 deaths from COVID-19, the health…

El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele speaks at the closing party of the “Bitcoin Week” where he announced the plan to build the first “Bitcoin City” in the world, in Teotepeque, El Salvador SAN SALVADOR, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City” which will…