Americas

Brazil auctions second-busiest airport to Spain’s Aena

Spanish airport operator Aena won the concession to run Brazil’s second-busiest airport, Sao Paulo-Congonhas SAO PAULO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

US home sales fall for sixth straight month in July

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Existing home sales fell sharply in July, declining throughout the United States and in every…

Brazil presidential election: Lula keeps big lead over Bolsonaro in new poll

 SAO PAULO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new poll ahead of Brazil’s presidential election in October shows former president Luiz…

Cases of monkeypox soar in Peru

LIMA, Aug 19 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peru has the highest monkeypox infection rate per million inhabitants and it also ranks third…

Uruguayan Health Minister says monkeypox stable

MONTEVIDEO, Aug 19 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay’s Health Minister Daniel Salinas said the monkeypox outbreak in his country was “stable” after…

Covid-19: WHO experts back second booster for most at risk

A worker wearing a protective suit looks through a fogged-up partition as they administer a Covid-19 test at a coronavirus…

US judge sentences Liberian wildlife trafficker to more than 5 years in jail

A US judge sentenced extradited Liberian Moazu Kromah, to 63 months in prison for conspiring to traffic millions of dollars’…

US: 2 small planes crash at California’s Watsonville airport, at least 2 dead

WATSONVILLE (California, US), Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The city of Watsonville says multiple agencies responded to Watsonville Municipal Airport Thursday after…

Kenya polls: Kenyatta, Ruto and Odinga commit to peace after talks with US delegation

The US delegation when they met President-elect William Ruto and his team NAIROBI, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Uhuru Kenyatta…

Salman Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assault

MAYVILLE (New York), Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York pleaded…