Americas

Brazil Makes Strides Towards OECD Membership: Bolsonaro

BRASILIA, Jan 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Brazil made significant progress, in meeting the requisites to become a member of the…

UN founding states must set example to remove threat of global war – Putin

MOSCOW, January 15 (NNN-TASS) — Five permanent members of the UN Security Council should set an example to eliminate threats…

Pres Trump impeachment trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven…

US slaps sanctions over North Korea overseas workers

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two companies for exploiting North Korean overseas labour…

Guatemalan president takes office amid political jostling and delays

 Alejandro Giammattei has assumed the office of president of Guatemala on his fourth attempt. GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

US expels 21 Saudi military cadets after gun attack

The bodies of the sailors were transferred to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware  WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Twenty-one members of the…

US presses Sudan for reparations to terror victims

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States warned Sudan that payment of reparations for victims of terrorism is a…

Bolivia arrests ex-minister under Morales for corruption: prosecutor

LA PAZ, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia arrested a powerful ex-minister under former president Evo Morales on suspicion of corruption,…

Brazil: Deforestation in Amazon up 85 percent in 2019

Amazon forest BRASILIA, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019,…

US: Schoolchildren treated for skin irritation after plane dumps fuel over school in emergency landing

A Delta Airlines flight reportedly had to return to the airport shortly after takeoff LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…