Brazilian President Denies U.S. Accusation Of Devaluing Currency

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 5 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, denied his administration has purposely devalued the currency to boost exports, as his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, has alleged. “We are not artificially raising the price of the dollar,” Bolsonaro told reporters. On Monday, Trump said, he wanted to…

NATO Leaders Meet In Britain Amid Rows

LONDON, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Leaders of 29 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), gathered north of London Wednesday, for a summit that has been dogged by squabbles, differences and the hurling of insults. A tranquil golf-resort hotel in Hertfordshire was transformed into a fortress, to enable…

Brazil court decision may ease creation of Bolsanaro’s new party

BRASILIA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The majority of judges on Brazil’s electoral court voted late on Tuesday in favor of allowing digital signature collection to register new parties. The decision will likely benefit current President Jair Bolsonaro, who is trying to start his own party after falling out with the…

Colombian unions, student groups to hold third national strike

BOGOTA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian unions and student groups plan a third national strike on Wednesday amid fraught talks between protest leaders and the government over President Ivan Duque’s social and economic policies. The strike would be the latest demonstration in two weeks of protests, which have drawn hundreds…

Mexico arrests 10 over deadly firefight near US border

MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican authorities said they have arrested 10 alleged gunmen from a drug cartel commando that attacked a town near the US border, leaving six locals and 17 assailants dead. At least 60 gunmen terrorized the small northern city of Villa Union over the weekend,…

Venezuela slams use of UNHRC for “political” ends

CARACAS, Dec 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuela denounced a handful of countries for using the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for “political” ends. Writing on Twitter, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza said that the country “rejects the political use of the mechanisms of the UNHRC,” given the creation of…

Brazil approves sale of medical cannabis in pharmacies

SAO PAULO, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s health watchdog approved the sale of cannabis-based products for medical use in pharmacies to people with a prescription. The regulation, which takes effect in the coming months, also allows for the manufacture of such products in a laboratory, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency…

French engineer assassinated in Colombian capital

BOGOTA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An engineer working for French aerospace and defence company Thales has been shot dead in the Colombian capital Bogota in an apparent targeted assassination, officials said. The 45-year-old victim was shot late Monday as he left a restaurant with a French colleague in the city’s…

China gifts El Salvador stadium, library after Taiwan switch

BEIJING, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has agreed to pay for a new national stadium and library in El Salvador as part of an infrastructure package promised to the country after it switched allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing. President Xi Jinping met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday (Dec 4)…

Five Rockets Hit Airbase Housing U.S. Troops In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (NNN-NINA) – Five rockets hit an airbase that houses U.S. troops, in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said. The rockets struck the Ain al-Asad airbase, where hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed, but caused no casualties, the media office, affiliated with the Iraqi Joint…
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