Honduras faces the challenge of immigration amidst social crisis

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Honduras today faces the deportation of thousands of immigrants from Mexico and the United States, amidst poverty and social insecurity. According to official figures, more than 100,000 Hondurans were deported in 2019, in most cases from North America and other parts of the world…

Pres Bolsonaro assures Brazil will maintain trade with Iran

BRASILIA, Jan 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro assured that his country will maintain commercial relations with Iran despite the increase in tensions between that nation and the United States. ‘We trade with Iran, and we will continue that trade,’ the president told the press at his official…

Mexico to seek regional unity through CELAC presidency

MEXICO CITY, Jan 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Mexico will assume the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) from Wednesday Jan 8, during which it will seek to build regional unity. Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, on presenting the 2020 CELAC agenda, noted that…

Smoke From Australian Bushfires Reaches South America

MONTEVIDEO, Jan 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Smoke from Australia’s bushfires has reached Uruguay, darkening the sky of the South American country with a “grayish veil,” the Uruguayan Meteorological Institute (Inumet) said. “Since Monday afternoon, Jan 6, we can see a greyish veil over Uruguay’s skies and redder sunrises/sunsets,” the Inumet…

France, US set two week target for resolving digital tax spat – minister

PARIS, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France and the United States have given themselves two weeks to try and resolve a row over a French digital tax, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. “I had a long talk with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We have decided to step up efforts…

Puerto Rico declares emergency, activates National Guard after earthquakes

A Puerto Rican flag hangs within the rubble as store owners remove supplies from Ely Mer Mar hardware store, which partially collapsed after an earthquake struck Guanica SAN JUAN, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard on Tuesday…

US man shoots group of kids throwing snowballs at cars; two injured

A person holds a snowball in this file photo. MILWAUKEE 9US), Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in the northern US state of Wisconsin said they are looking for a man who shot two children who threw snowballs at his car over the weekend. The children – a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year…

Smoke from Australia bushfires reaches Brazil

Charred farmland in Cobargo, Australia SAO PAULO, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Smoke from bushfires raging across Australia reached Brazil on Tuesday, an arm of the National Institute for Space Research said on Twitter. Referring to satellite images, the agency’s Department of Remote Sensing said the smoke had arrived in Brazil’s…

US aviation regulator bans airlines from flying over Gulf, Iraq, Iran after missile attack

US Federal Aviation Administration ban civilian flights over the airspace of Iraq and Iran, as well as over waters in the Gulf WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would ban US carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, the Gulf of Oman and the…

Philippines Orders Mandatory Evacuation Of Filipinos In Iraq

MANILA, Jan 8 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines said today (Wednesday) that, it is imposing a mandatory evacuation of Filipinos in Iraq, amid increasing tensions in the Middle East. “As a result of the government’s coordination meetings on the situation in the Middle East, in the past few days, the alert…
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