US violence: Multiple injured after car drives into holiday parade in Wisconsin

The image above shows a red SUV driving at high speed through a Christmas parade in downtown Waukesha, some 20 miles west of Milwaukee, on Sunday evening  MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin, US), Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car traveling at high speed plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leaving at least 30…

Death toll hits four from flooding in western Canada

  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…

Chileans to elect new president in fast-changing political landscape

  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…

Venezuelan musicians set world’s largest orchestra record

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…

Covid-19: Brazil reports 217 deaths in 24 hours, toll average lowest since April 2020

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…

Blinken says US investing in Africa without unsustainable debt

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (centre) watches as Jeff Price, Cubic Transportation Systems Vice President and General Manager (left) and CETUD Director General Thierno Birahim signing an agreement during a commercial diplomatic event with US companies and the government of Senegal at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar DAKAR,…

El Salvador plans first ‘Bitcoin City’, backed by bitcoin bonds

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…

US shooting: Chaos at Atlanta airport as convicted felon’s gun goes off, 3 hurt

Atlanta airport: A gun accidentally discharged at Atlanta’s airport, causing some temporary delays for passengers ATLANTA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities searched for a gun owner who fled after his weapon fired by accident at Atlanta’s airport, sending terrified travelers bolting onto the tarmac on Saturday, halting flights during the busy…

Migrants from 12 countries among 600 found in two trucks in Mexico

Migrants walk up an overpass in a caravan heading to the northern border, in Tapanatepec, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Migrants from 12 countries were among 600 people found hidden in the back of two trucks in eastern Mexico on Friday, most of them from neighboring Guatemala, the…

Colombia confirms capture of 90 alleged members of Gulf Clan

el Gulf Clan leader Dairo Antonio Usuga was captured by Colombian authorities on Oct 23 BOGOTA, Nov 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Colombian President Ivan Duque announced authorities captured 90 suspected members of the Clan del Golfo (Gulf Clan) criminal organization in a nationwide dragnet. “More than 300 uniformed members of the…
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