Panama launches maintenance work at contested mine, closed since 2023
PANAMA CITY, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panama’s government said it would start maintenance work at a major mine forced to…
World No Tobacco Day: Flavored tobacco products luring youth to addiction, death – WHO
WHO calls for urgent action to ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine products GENEVA, May 31 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Marking the World…
Brazil recognized once again as free of FMD without vaccination
BRASILIA, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — Brazil has officially been recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health for the…
Brazil: Pres Lula announces port of Itajaí’s expansion
BRASILIA, May 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced a R$ 844 million (US$ 148 million)…
Chile: School shooting leaves at least 3 students wounded in southern Biobio region
SANTIAGO, May 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — At least three students were injured in a shooting at the Nuevos Horizontes school in…
Nigeria: 15 Asians jailed over cyber-terrorism and internet fraud
LAGOS, May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Nigerian court jailed 15 Asian nationals Friday for “cyber-terrorism and internet fraud”, the national…
UN Security Council renews sanctions against South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Security Council adopted a resolution to renew for a year, until May 31,…
Canada wildfires: Prairie city Flin Flon virtually deserted as fires rage and thousands more evacuees expected
The Manitoba government shows wildfires in Flin Flon, Manitoba WINNIPEG (Manitoba, Canada), May 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Canadian prairie city…
Dominican Republic: Nearly 60,000 Haitians voluntarily returned home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 30 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Nearly 60,000 Haitian citizens voluntarily left the Dominican Republic, where an immigration policy is…
Homicides on the rise in Ecuador
QUITO, May 30 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Crimes and armed attacks continue in Ecuador, where homicides increased by 58 percent in…