Americas

Covid-19: Uruguayan President signs decree outlining conditions for foreigners to re-enter as of Sept 1

MONTEVIDEO, Aug 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Foreign owners of real estate property in the country will be allowed back into Uruguay…

US airlifts food, tents to quake-ravaged southern Haiti

Food is loaded onto a VM-22 Osprey at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince JEREMEI (Haiti), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Afghans ‘we want peace from the world’ demonstrate in Athens

ATHENS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Afghans marched to the US Embassy in Athens on Saturday, making a plea to…

Thousands of Americans protest curbs on minority voting rights in US

Demonstrators hold up signs at a voting rights protest outside the US Chamber of Commerce Headquarters WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Evacuations, fear as Hurricane Ida nears US Gulf Coast

 NEW ORLEANS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Owners were boarding up their shops and evacuations were underway as Hurricane Ida was…

Covid-19: ICU nears capacity, more mandates imposed as US sees new high cases

Healthcare workers hand out Covid-19 tests at Long Beach, Los Angeles NEW YORK, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Intensive care units…

Iran Denounces “Illegal Threats” by U.S., Israel After Biden-Bennett Meeting

TEHRAN, Aug 29 (NNN-IRNA) – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, denounced yesterday, the mention by…

Covid-19: Argentine President indicted for skipping lockdown, pleas to buy his way out of trial

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A federal prosecutor indicted Argentine President Alberto Fernández for violating the sanitary restrictions he…

No quick recognition of Taliban govt by US or allies: White House

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States dismissed any chance of rapid recognition for a Taliban government and said…

US south coast braces for ‘extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Ida

MIAMI, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents evacuated high-risk areas and lined up to buy supplies Friday as Louisiana braced for…