Americas

Ecuador declares 60-day state of emergency to help battle wildfires

Fires burn in a forested area in a suburb of Quito, Ecuador’s capital QUITO, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador has…

Brazil arrests five suspects in alleged Pres Lula assassination plot

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva BRASILIA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people have been arrested in Brazil for their…

South Africa’s President Ramaphosa reflects on ’successful’ G20 Leaders’ Summit

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil), Nov 21 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit…

Peru: Machu Picchu security boosted after visitors spread human ashes

LIMA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Peruvian authorities said they have tightened security at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after…

Haiti: Bodies burned after police, civilians kill 28 alleged gang members

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police and civilian self-defense groups killed 28 alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince in an overnight…

Migrants set out from Mexico hoping to reach pre-Trump US

TAPACHULA (Mexico), Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of migrants left the Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Wednesday, aiming to…

G20: Presidents Xi, Lula meet in Brasilia to ‘enhance ties’

BRASILIA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China’s President Xi Jinping pay a state visit to Brazil Wednesday, fresh off a warm…

US pushes UN to upgrade Haiti force to peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Kenyan-led police force trying to restore order in gang-ridden Haiti should be turned…

2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Human-driven warming of ocean temperatures increased the maximum wind speeds of every Atlantic hurricane in…

Children’s wellbeing ‘under threat’ in 2050, warns UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Demographic shifts, worsening climate change and rapid technological transformation risk creating a bleak future…