Americas

Wildfires destroy 41,200 hectares of forest land in Chile

SANTIAGO, Feb 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Wildfires have destroyed 41,200 hectares of forest land in southern and central Chile, the country’s…

No sanctions will unnerve or fracture national dignity: Venezuelan defense minister

CARACAS, Feb 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said that there are “no sanctions that will unnerve…

Mexican Church suspended 152 priests across nine years for alleged abuse: Bishop

File pix of Pope Francis greeting the crowd at Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City during his weekly Audience…

U.S., N. Korea yet to narrow differences on denuclearisation: envoy

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (NNN-YONHAP) — The U.S. envoy for North Korea was quoted as saying Monday that the two sides…

Brazil: news anchor dies in helicopter crash

SAO PAULO, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ricardo Boechat, one of Brazil’s best-known journalists, has been killed in a helicopter crash…

Two players in hospital after fire strikes another Brazilian club

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire broke out at the training centre used by Rio de Janeiro…

Canada: Police free 43 Mexicans from near slavery

MONTREAL, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forty-three Mexicans duped in immigration scams have been freed after being forced to work for…

US Pres Trump to make ‘big’ border speech in Texas’s El Paso

EL PASO (Texas,US) — President Donald Trump takes his politically explosive push for walling off the Mexican border to the frontier…

Aircrash: footballer Sala died from head and trunk injuries

LONDON, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala died of “head and trunk injuries”, an inquest in England heard as…

UN willing to broker end to Venezuela crisis: Sec-Gen Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his offer to help broker an end to…