Americas

US: Search suspended for boat headed to Florida with 20 people on board

MIAMI, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a boat with about 20 people…

Honduras: 18 killed during New Year’s Eve celebrations

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Honduran police said 18 people were killed in several violent incidents during New Year’s…

US: Congress slaps Pres Trump by overriding veto of defense bill

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Congress on Friday dealt Pres Donald Trump a humiliating blow in his last…

‘Day zero’: Cubans wary as currency reform begins

HAVANA, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cubans awoke on New Year’s Day to a new currency structure under long-awaited economic reforms…

Peruvian government promises actions against police brutality

LIMA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peru’s Interior Minister Jose Elice assured that authorities would radically reform the National Police after…

Two dormant volcanoes raise eruption alarms in the Caribbean

KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Two Caribbean volcanoes that had been dormant for decades in suddenly awoke, triggering eruption…

Mexico’s President proposes plebiscite on safe abortion bill

MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) proposed to hold a plebiscite on safe abortion…

US sanctions BFI, Cuba’s main international financial bank

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — The US Treasury Department announced the inclusion of Banco Financiero Internacional S.A. (BFI) on its sanctions…

Colombia ends the year 2020 with 91st massacre

First ex-combatant killed in 2021, Yolanda Zabala Mazo (L)murdered alongside her sister, 17-year-old Reina Zabala BOGOTA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) —…

Covid-19: US passes 20 million cases – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University…