Americas

Possible cooling La Nina will be ‘weak’, ‘short-lived’: UN

     GENEVA, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina could appear in coming months, but if it…

Curfew In Damascus Lifted As Interim PM Calls Refugees To Return Home

DAMASCUS, Dec 12 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s Military Operations Administration, announced yesterday, the lifting of a curfew in Damascus and surrounding…

Malaria mortality returns to pre-Covid levels: WHO

GENEVA, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said…

Ecuador’s President announces end of blackouts

QUITO, Dec 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced that the end of the nationwide blackouts is in sight.…

Paraguay’s antidrug agency parts ways with DEA

ASUNCION, Dec 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) decided to break off from its partnership with the United…

Mexico: Pres Sheinbaum signs decree on indigenous communities’ rights

MEXICO CITY, Dec 11 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, signed a decree for publishing a constitutional reform granting…

UN Secretary General condemns escalating violence in Haiti

 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 (NNN-ACN) — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the escalation of violence and loss of…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Targeting Three U.S. Military Supply Ships, Two Destroyers

SANAA, Dec 11 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said yesterday that, they targeted three U.S. military supply ships after they left…

US: Wildfire in California’s Malibu destroys homes, sends thousands fleeing

 MALIBU (California, US), Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A ferocious fire tore through Malibu on Tuesday, destroying at least seven homes…

Gaps in birth registration leave 150 million children ‘invisible’: UNICEF

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite recent progress in birth registration, some 150 million children worldwide remain “invisible,” deprived…