Canada: Finance Minister Bill Morneau quits amid charity probe
OTTAWA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Canada’s finance minister has said he will resign after conflict-of-interest allegations involving WE Charity. Bill Morneau has faced pressure…
Death Valley hits 54.4 degrees Celsius, hottest in US since 1913
LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Temperatures in Death Valley, located between the U.S. states of California and Nevada, reached…
Russian Jets Intercept U.S., British Planes Over Baltic, Black Seas
MOSCOW, Aug 18 (NNN-TASS) – Russian fighter jets, on Monday, intercepted three U.S. and one British reconnaissance aircraft, over the…
Lebanon’s Blast Damage Toll Rises As Assessment Continues: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The damage toll in Lebanon, following the Beirut blasts, is rising, as the United…
Colombia: UN condemns massacre of young people in Nariño, Leiva
BOGOTA, Aug 17 (NNN-TELESUR) — The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia condemned the…
Covid-19: Argentina’s social distancing extended until Aug 30; daily infections are above 7,000
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 17 (NNN-MER4COPRESS) — Argentina extended until Aug 30 restrictions taken against the coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said,…
Covid-19: Health care workers in Peru protest demanding better pay and working conditions
LIMA, Aug 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Health care workers in Peru held a demonstration demanding better pay and working conditions as…
Brasil: Pres Bolsonaro’s approval ratings on the rise while disapproval plunges ten points
BRASILIA, Aug 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro received the best approval rating of his term, boosted by his…
US needs to ratify UNCLOS if it wants to increase engagement in South China Sea issue – Law expert
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The United States would have to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea…
Another Rocket Hits Green Zone In Iraq’s Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (NNN-NINA) – A Katyusha rocket landed yesterday, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, in the centre of…