Americas

Wildfire in Oregon forces 2,000 to evacuate as US West blazes

Flames and smoke rise from the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon SALEM (Oregon, US), July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Firefighters backed…

UN rights chief calls on Cuba to release protesters

Police detain a person during protests in Havana GENEVA, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet…

Jamaica wants Britain to pay $10 billion for slavery reparations

Jamaican government is seeking around $10 billion as slavery reparations payment from Britain KINGSTON, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jamaican lawmaker…

US Embassy in Nigeria cut down operations over insecurity

The United States Embassy in Abuja ABUJA, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States Embassy in Abuja says public operations…

US to see ‘several more months’ of high inflation, Treasury Secretary Yellen says

WASHINGTON, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Inflation will remain high in the United States for months to come but eventually retreat,…

Chinese Mission In Geneva Urges U.S. To Face Up To, Address Its Own Human Rights Abuses

GENEVA, Jul 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – The list of human rights crimes committed by the United States at home and abroad,…

California blaze erupts near site of deadliest US wildfire

PULGA (California, US), July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A California fire churned through unpopulated mountain wilderness on Thursday, but posed no…

Brazil’s president Bolsonaro doing well in hospital

President Bolsonaro tweeted a picture of himself in hospital SAO PAULO, July 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s health…

About 30 possibly injured in riot at Los Angeles’ prison: report

+6 LOS ANGELES, July 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — A riot in a Los Angeles prison left possibly 30 prisoners and two…

US Pres Biden raises concerns about Nord Stream 2 to Chancellor Merkel, warning Russia not to weaponize energy

US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the…