US farmers see another bleak year despite Phase 1 trade deal with China

US farmers are stuck with fields full of weather-damaged corn WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Across snow-covered North Dakota, US farmers are stuck with fields full of weather-damaged corn – a crop they planted after the US-China trade war killed their soybean market. In Texas, Kansas and Colorado, farmers are…

Smoke from Australian bushfire reaches South America

SANTIAGO, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000km away in Chile and Argentina, weather authorities in the South American countries said on Monday. In the early hours “the effect was seen in the sun through red tones,…

Puerto Rico earthquake: Punta Ventana collapses as powerful tremor hits

The Punta Ventana stone arch, situated along Puerto Rico’s southern coast, was popular with tourists SAN JUAN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A popular tourist rock formation in Puerto Rico has collapsed after a strong earthquake shook the island, damaging homes and causing power cuts. The stone arch, known as Punta Ventana, was destroyed…

Letter on US pullout from Iraq a ‘mistake’: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — America’s military strategy in Iraq was thrown into confusion Monday as the Pentagon admitted a letter from a general informing the Iraqi government of an imminent US troop pullout was sent by “mistake.” The latest developments came as a sea of black-clad mourners in Tehran…

Iranians report being stopped, facing delays at US border

LOS ANGELES, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans have reported being harassed or questioned for hours at the US border following heightened tensions over the US killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group, said it had provided assistance…

US will send Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala: DHS

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will send some Mexicans seeking asylum to Guatemala, concluding a controversial migration deal with Washington, the US Department of Homeland Security said. “Certain Mexicans seeking humanitarian protections in the United States may now be eligible to be transferred to Guatemala and given…

Kenya police arrests 3 men attempting to breach British army camp

file photo NAIROBI, Jan 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenyan police say they have arrested three men who tried to force their way into a British Army training camp on the same day that al-Shabaab extremists attacked a military base and killed three U.S. military personnel.The internal police report says the three…

Iran will forego ‘limit’ on centrifuges as tensions with US soar

TEHRAN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran announced a further rollback of itscommitments to the troubled international nuclear accord Sunday amid anger over the US killing of a top commander which also prompted Iraq’s parliament to demand the departure of American troops. While vast crowds gathered in Iran’s second city of…

Merkel-Putin talks in Moscow Saturday over Mideast crisis: Berlin

BERLIN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel toMoscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin amidescalating tensions following a US drone strike that killed an Iraniangeneral, a German government spokesman said. Merkel, who will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, willdiscuss “the current conflict troublespots”…

Huge crowds in Iran mourn general killed by US drone

TEHRAN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A sea of black-clad Iranians on Mondaymourned the top commander killed in last week’s US drone strike that inflamed tensions across the Middle East, as NATO was set to discuss the spiralling crisis. Iranians clutching “Down with USA” signs and portraits of their heroQasem Soleimani…
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