Dominican Congress passes law banning child marriage
SANTO DOMINGO, Jan 1 (NNN-TELESUR) — Dominican Republic’s Congress Wednesday passed a bill to prohibit child marriage in the Caribbean…
Covid-19: Canadian lawmaker resigns for vacationing in sunny Caribbean during lockdown
OTTAWA, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Canadian lawmaker resigned afterbeing caught taking a family vacation in the sunny Caribbean while…
US Pres Trump in winter: eight days of golf, tweets and rage
WEST PALM BEACH (Florida, US), Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump wound up his vacation at his Florida resort,…
US gun violence: Demonstrators march on Chicago after bloody 2020
CHICAGO, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Demonstrators marched through the frigid streets of Chicago Thursday in memory of victims of gun…
Covid-19: Brazil rings in 2021 with nearly empty Copacabana beach
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil rang in the New Year withRio de Janeiro’s famed Copacabana beach nearly…
US: Pres-elect Biden announces additional nominations for Pentagon posts
Joe Biden, US president-elect WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden announced additional nominations to fill the posts…
US racism: Boston removes statue of Lincoln with freed Black man on his knees after 141 years
The controversial statue depicts Abraham Lincoln with a freed Black man kneeling before him BOSTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The…
Covid-19: UK approves lower-cost vaccine as pandemic surges globally
LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain became the first nation to approve a lower-cost vaccine partially developed by Oxford University…
US imposes new tariffs on French, German products in Airbus-Boeing spat
WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced that it will impose additional tariffs on French and German products…
World begins ushering in locked-down New Year
SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world began ushering in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for…