Americas

North American trade deal empowers Mexican workers

 MEXICO CITY, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A revamped North American free trade agreement is giving factory workers new muscle to…

No deal on UN peacekeeping budget, risk of mission freeze: diplomats

  UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 193 member states of the United Nations have thus far failed to…

US warns Russia not to veto Syria border access

 ROME, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States warned that Russia would put at risk hopes for more constructive relations…

More record-smashing heat forecast as Canada, US northwest bake

OTTAWA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada braced for its highest ever temperature as the country’s west and swathes of the…

Covid-19: US cases hit new plateau as Delta variant rises

 WASHINGTON, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After declining fast for two months, the rate of Covid infections in the United States…

Pro-Iran militias fire shells at US base in east Syria: monitor

DAMASCUS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pro-Iranian militias fired several shells at a US base in eastern Syria’s Al-Omar oil field…

Update: Eleven dead in Florida building collapse, 151 unaccounted for

SURFSIDE (Florida, US), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two bodies have been recovered from the debris of a Florida apartment building…

Pres Biden assures Israeli president the United States will not permit Iran to develop nuclear weapons

 WASHINGTON, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden reassured Israel’s president, ahead of a visit by new Prime Minister Naftali…

US building collapse: Florida death toll climbs to nine as rescuers race to find survivors

 SURFSIDE (Florida, US), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll after the collapse of a Florida apartment tower has risen…

US shooting: Bystander injured in New York’s Times Square

 NEW YORK, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shooting in New York’s bustling Times Square injured a 21-year-old bystander, police said,…