Americas

Third Mexican student’s remains identified from missing 43

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forensic experts have identified the remains of a third Mexican student from among the…

Car bomb attack at Colombian military base wounds 36

CÚCUTA (Colombia), June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car bomb blast inside an army base in the Colombian city of Cucuta…

Biden and Putin shake hands, kicking off Geneva summit

Russian Pres Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden shake hands during their meeting at Villa la Grange in Geneva,…

Brazil to deploy special police force to protect Yanomami from miners

BRASÍLIA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil said it would deploy a special security force to protect the Yanomami indigenous reservation,…

Covid-19: UNITAID signs deals to supply oxygen for poor countries

GENEVA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– WHO-hosted International Drug Purchasing Facility (Unitaid) announced it had struck deals with two of the…

US Pres Biden ‘ready’ for Russian counterpart Putin after landing in Geneva

GENEVA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden landed Tuesday in Geneva on the eve of his first summit…

China ready to launch first crew to new space station

BEIJING, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first crew for China’s new space station prepared to blast off this week for…

Nicaragua defends arrests of opposition presidential hopefuls; describing them as US-funded ‘usurpers’

MANAGUA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaragua’s government defended the arrests of 13 opposition figures, including four presidential hopefuls, claiming they…

UN rights chief urges ‘calm’ as Peru awaits vote result

LIMA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet expressed concern Monday over rising tension in Peru eight days…

Covid-19: Chinese scientist at centre of virus controversy denies lab leak theory

WASHINGTON, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Chinese scientist at the centre of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a…