Americas

Pres Bolsonaro mandates Brazilian federal gov’t agencies to cut down electricity consumption

BRASILIA, Aug 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has issued a decree ordering all federal agencies to cut down…

Pentagon bracing for more attacks after troops killed at Kabul airport

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday…

S.Korea’s Nuke Envoy To Visit Washington For Korean Peninsula Issue

SEOUL, Aug 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s nuclear envoy will visit Washington this weekend, to discuss issues on the Korean…

Covid-19: Pres Biden eviction moratorium shot down by US Supreme Court

About 3.5 million Americans said they face eviction in the next two months  WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US…

UN calls Afghanistan meet for Security Council permanent five

  UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called a meeting of the permanent members of…

52,000 bodies unidentified in Mexico, activists say

  MEXICO CITY, Aug 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) — More than 50,000 unidentified bodies lie in mass graves or with forensic…

Update: Kabul suicide bombings toll rises to 103

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AGENCIES) — The death toll in the bombing attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday…

Covid-19: US ships more than 2 million more vaccines to Africa

An Algerian medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose in front of the El-Kebir mosque in the capital Algiers WASHINGTON, Aug…

Peru waits as Congress debates fate of leftist Cabinet

LIMA, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peruvians awaited a vote in Congress on whether to confirm a new leftist Cabinet nominated…

US urges Mexico to clear migrant camps near border: Report

Tarps and tents are set up at a migrant camp near the El Chaparral border crossing with the U.S., in…