Americas

Peru-US FTA tripled bilateral trade over 15 years

LIMA, June 7 (NNN-ANDINA) — During the first 15 years of validity of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru…

Death Toll From Israeli Bombing On Gaza School Rises To 35

GAZA, Jun 7 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 35 Palestinian women and children were killed, and dozens of others injured, in…

30 Palestinian Women And Children Killed In Israeli Bombing On Gaza School

GAZA, Jun 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – 30 Palestinians were killed, most of them children and women, and dozens injured, in an…

IDB report: Latin America’s exports grow in first quarter of 2024

WASHINGTON, June 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The value of Latin America’s goods exports grew 1.3 percent year-on-year during the first…

Drought, frost displace 13,000 families in Bolivia

The Bolivian Red Cross visits communities where many llamas have died due to prolonged drought. LA PAZ, June 6 (NNN-XINHUA)…

Argentine president says to lay off further 50,000 civil servants as part of belt-tightening

BUENOS AIRES, June 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — Argentina’s government plans to lay off 50,000 civil servants as part of a belt-tightening…

Brazil calls on Venezuela’s Pres Maduro to allow election observers

BRASILIA, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for Venezuela to allow for a large…

WHO confirms first fatal human case of H5N2 bird flu

GENEVA, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A person died of bird flu in Mexico in the first confirmed case of a…

Colombian underwater ‘art gallery’ serves as coral home

ISLA FUERTE (Colombia), June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On the Caribbean seafloor, an unusual sculpture gallery is taking shape with an…

More than 1 in 4 children under age 5 face ‘severe’ food poverty: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in…