Argentina wants to prove it existed as such 200 years ago

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 14 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina officially invited the Portuguese president and Prime Minister to visit the country as part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the recognition by Lisbon of Argentina’s independence. Foreign minister Felipe Solá met with Portuguese ambassador Jose Frederico Viola de Drummond Ludovice,…

Nicaraguan police raid paper that branded government a ‘dictatorship’

La Prensa newspapers in Managua MANAGUA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Nicaragua raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a “dictatorship” after being forced to suspend its print edition. The publication announced the suspension on Thursday, blaming customs for refusing to release its…

Climate change: July world’s hottest month ever – US Agency

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — July was the world’s hottest month ever recorded, a US federal scientific and regulatory agency has reported. The data shows that the combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 0.93C (1.68F) above the 20th Century average of 15.8C (60.4F). It is the highest temperature since record-keeping began…

Covid-19: Canada to mandate vaccine for government workers

OTTAWA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Canadian government announced it will require all federal workers and most commercial rail, air and ship passengers to get vaccinated against Covid-19, amid a surge in virus cases due to the Delta variant.   “We know that vaccines are the best way to end…

Spain starts repatriating personnel, citizens from Kabul embassy

MADRID, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain announced it had begun to repatriate its few citizens left in Afghanistan as well as personnel from its embassy in Kabul and Afghan colleagues amid the Taliban’s lightning advance across the country.   Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares signalled “the start of repatriation of…

Canada to take in 20,000 Afghan refugees targeted by Taliban

Taliban insurgents patrol the streets of Ghazni OTTAWA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada said it will take in up to 20,000 Afghan refugees, including women leaders, government workers and others facing threats from the Taliban, as insurgents advanced across thecountry seizing major cities.   “The situation in Afghanistan is heartbreaking…

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon edges down, still high under Pres Bolsonaro

A deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State BRASILIA, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 10 per cent in July from a year earlier, after four straight monthly increases, preliminary data showed on Friday, but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair…

Covid-19: Germany names Israel, Turkey, US as high-risk areas

Travellers line up at a check-in counter of the Cologne-Bonn Airport BERLIN, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German government has upgraded Israel, Turkey and the United States to having a high COVID-19 risk, triggering a minimum five-day quarantine requirement for those who are unvaccinated, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for…

Spain starts returning Moroccan minors after Ceuta migration crisis

A Moroccan boy cries as he is helped by Spanish soldiers after he swam using bottles as a float, at El Tarajal beach, near the fence between the Spanish-Moroccan border MADRID, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Spain started sending hundreds of Moroccan youths, who in May crossed into its North African enclave…

Mexican president asks indigenous for forgiveness over Spanish conquest

People wearing traditional costumes dance to mark the 500th anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, at Zocalo square Mexico City MEXICO CITY, Aug 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador asked the country’s indigenous Mexica peoples for forgiveness for the abuses inflicted on them during the bloody 1521…