Americas

Pres Maduro eyes victory in Venezuela poll amid opposition boycott

CARACAS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelans vote Sunday in legislativeelections set to tighten President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power and…

Mexican Judge Sentences Two Men For Transporting 118 Migrants In Cargo Truck

MEXICO, Dec 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A Mexican federal judge sentenced two men to nine and 12 years in prison,…

Vast Region Of California To Enter New Stay-At-Home Order Amid COVID-19 Surge

LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The vast region of California state will enter a new stay-at-home order tonight, as…

Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 176,000

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 6 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll yesterday surpassed 176,000 after registering 664 deaths in the…

New York Shootings Rise To New Highs: NYPD

NEW YORK, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – In the first 11 months of 2020, shootings in New York City surged to…

Canada’s COVID-19 Figures Hit New Records

OTTAWA, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – COVID-19 cases reported new records in Canada, with a total of 406,839 cases and 12,583…

Peru farm workers protest continues derailing harvests and blocking roadways

LIMA, Dec 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Protests by farmworkers demanding better wages in Peru raged on, spreading north into key agricultural…

Covid-19: Pres Obrador urges Mexicans to avoid exchanging Christmas presents to stop pandemic

MEXICO CITY, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexicans should cancel celebrations and even avoid exchanging Christmas presents to beat the coronavirus,…

Covid-19: US Pres-elect Biden says jobs report is ‘grim,’ warns of ‘dark winter’ as pandemic rages

WILMINGTON (Delaware, US), Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President-elect Joe Biden said “grim” jobs report shows the economic recovery is stalling and warned…

Mine collapse in Nicaragua traps at least 10

MANAGUA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A mudslide in an unlicensed gold mine in Nicaragua trapped at least 10 workers Friday,…