Americas

US and Ghana sign declaration of partnership on food security

Stephanie S. Sullivan and Charles Adu-Boahen ACCRA, Sept 9 (NNN-GNA) — The governments of the United States of America and…

Honduras: Afro-descent woman, 5-year-old daughter are murdered in their own house

TEGUCIGALPA, Sept 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — An Afro-descendant woman and her five-year-old daughter were shot dead Friday by unknown persons who…

Hundreds of weary, hopeful Bahamas evacuees arrive in Florida by ship

A passenger is greeted after disembarking the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line ship, Grand Celebration RIVIERA BEACH (Florida, US), Sept 8…

Cuba, EU to hold second Joint Council meeting in Havana

HAVANA, Sept 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The European Union (EU)’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini has begun an official visit to Cuba…

Peru: Prosecutor’s Office carried out confiscations worth US$121 million

LIMA, Sept 8 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Lava Jato Case Prosecutor’s Office has seized S/400 million (about US$121 million) from businesses…

Bahamas seeks aid for its tourism after battering by Hurricane Dorian

SAN JUAN, Sept 8 (NNN-EFE) — The Bahamas government has asked the world’s tourism industry not to cross the archipelago…

Brazilian minister prepared to sell all “dysfunctional” state owned companies

FORTALEZA (Brasil), Sept 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said he will propose selling all the country’s state-owned…

Brazil’s agribusiness joins the campaign to stop rainforest fires in the Amazon

BRASILIA, Sept 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, with news…

US restricts sending of remittances to Cuba, bans donations

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (NNN-TELESUR) — The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amended the Cuban Assets Control…

Brazil: Students protest over education and the Amazon

BRASILIA, Sept 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — With painted-faces and dressed in black, Brazilian students took to the streets on Saturday…