Americas

Mexico flies 70 Haitian migrants back home

Haitian migrant children arrive with their parents at the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, COMAR, to request refuge in Mexico…

US Senate to vote Thursday in bid to avert government shutdown

  WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate announced it would vote on a stopgap funding bill Thursday to…

US says ‘no hostile intent’ towards NKorea, still ready for talks

  WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it bears “no hostile intent” towards North Korea and remains…

More than 100 dead in Ecuador’s latest prison violence

   GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison…

Covid-19: Brazil medical institute to sell vaccines abroad

SAO PAULO, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine…

Extreme poverty in Venezuela rises to 76.6%: Study

CARACAS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around three-fourths of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty as the once-prosperous OPEC nation’s hyperinflationary…

Canadian Climber Dies On Mt. Manaslu In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Canadian climber, Brent Seal, died yesterday morning, in his attempt on Mt. Manaslu, the world’s…

Prison Riot Leaves 24 Dead In Ecuador

QUITO, Sept 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 24 inmates were killed and another 48 were injured, in clashes yesterday, at…

Cuba Celebrates 61st Anniversary Of Diplomatic Ties With China

HAVANA, Sept 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuba yesterday marked the 61st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with China.…

Afghan Government Officials Urge U.S. To Halt Drone Patrolling Over Airspace

KABUL, Sept 29 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan government officials, urged the U.S. to halt drone patrolling over Afghan territory, the state-run…