Russia to send ‘Fedor’ its first humanoid robot into space
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia was set to launch on Thursday an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot…
Toll from Tanzania truck blast reaches 100
NAIROBI, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a fuel truckexplosion in Tanzania on Aug 10 hit 100 on…
US: Pentagon axes troubled $1 bn contract for missile defense
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a…
Bolivia: Pres Evo Morales says opposition protests branded a ‘failure’
LA PAZ, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivia’s opposition had planned to block all major roads in every region of the…
Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro blames the Amazon fires on environmentalists
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — After blaming the fires on the drought, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that environmental charities are…
Brazilian Congress Committee approves US to use Alcantara Base
BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR0 — The Foreign and Defense Committee of the Brazilian Congress has approved by majority vote the…
International Commission Against Impunity Leaves Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) presented on Tuesday a closing report…
Venezuela: About 4 million sign petition against US blockade
CARACAS, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s government announced that the petition to collect signatures calling on the United States to…
South Africa: Court nullifies inquiry into Zuma’s 1999 arms deal
PRETORIA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A High Court in South Africa has nullified the findings of a commission that found…
US to allow indefinite detention of migrant children – DHS
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday that it would remove tough legal limits on how…