Americas

U.S. First Lady Cancels Campaign Trip Due To “Lingering Cough”

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. first lady, Melania Trump, on Tuesday, cancelled her scheduled campaign trip to key swing…

Russia Ready To Freeze Nuclear Warheads Along With U.S. To Extend Arms Treaty

MOSCOW, Oct 21 (NNN-TASS) – Russia is ready to freeze the existing number of nuclear warheads, along with the United…

Child labour rising in Ghana and Ivory Coast’s cocoa farms – US-funded study finds

Children doing hazardous work has gone up in the world’s top cocoa producers ACCRA/ABIDJAN, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The use…

US charges Russians with cyber attacks on Ukraine, French elections, Olympics

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out…

Exiled former Pres Morales says will return to Bolivia after ally’s election victory

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales LA PAZ, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exiled former president Evo Morales signalled his intention to return to…

Covid-19: Argentina hits 1 million cases as pandemic slams Latin America

USHUAIA (Argentina), Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At the edge of Argentina in a city known as “The End of the…

Covid-19: 10 residents dead at Kansas nursing home

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly TOPEKA (Kansas, US), Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 residents in a…

Covid-19: Sputnik V vaccine supplies to Latin America may start in December

MOSCOW, Oct 20 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) plans to initiate supplies of the Russian coronavirus vaccine…

Covid-19: Pelosi, Mnuchin continue US stimulus talks as Tuesday deadline nears

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made progress in US stimulus negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin,…

US, Brazil sign ‘ambitious’ trade protocol

BRASILIA, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Brazil signed three agreements Monday they said would expand and deepen…