Bolivia contains wildfires in Beni and Santa Cruz departments
LA PAZ, Sept 4 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivia’s Civil Defense Vice Minister Juan Calvimontes said that about 95 percent of the…
500,000 Haitian children at risk of cholera, malaria: UNICEF
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Suspected case of “mad cow” in central Brazil; live cattle prices plummet
BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed it was investigating a suspected case of “mad cow”…
Covid-19: Uruguay and Argentina to allow crowds back at stadiums for football World Cup qualifiers
MONTEVIDEO, Sept 4 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has agreed to allow the return of La Celeste fans…
Covid-19: Cuba starts vaccinating children in order to re-open schools amid Covid surge
HAVANA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban authorities on Friday launched a national campaign to vaccinate children aged two to 18…
Covid-19: Canada sees urgent need to get more young people vaccinated
OTTAWA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New modeling shows an “urgent need” to get more young adults in Canada vaccinated as…
Covid-19: More Florida school districts revolt against governor’s mask ban as cases surge
TAVARES (Florida, US), Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a scene replayed across the United States, angry parents and activists streamed…
US sanctions 4 Iranians over alleged plot to kidnap NY-based journalist
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap…
Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burns
BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thick smoke billowed above Brazil’s Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded…
Sec-Gen Guterres thanks member states for keeping UN operations in Afghanistan going
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked several member states for helping keep UN operations in…