WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Congress on Friday dealt Pres Donald Trump a humiliating blow in his last days in office with the Senate voting overwhelmingly to override his veto of a sweeping defense bill — the first time lawmakers have done so during his presidency. By a…

HAVANA, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cubans awoke on New Year’s Day to a new currency structure under long-awaited economic reforms that come with a double-edged sword of salary increases and price hikes. The reforms entered into force on the island on Friday — dubbed “Day Zero” — just weeks after…

LIMA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peru’s Interior Minister Jose Elice assured that authorities would radically reform the National Police after people were killed due to police brutality during farmworkers’ protests against the new Agrarian Law. Three people, including one minor, died due to police brutality amid farmworkers’ protests, while demanding higher wages and better working conditions. His announcement…

KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Two Caribbean volcanoes that had been dormant for decades in suddenly awoke, triggering eruption alerts in Martinique and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. La Soufriere and Mount Pelee volcanoes are being monitored for showing signs of activity that can lead to a new eruption. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management…

MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) proposed to hold a plebiscite on safe abortion so “women can decide what is best for them.”  “Such a measure should not be taken by an authority, nor the Church. Women must be heard. It is in their hands whether a…

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — The US Treasury Department announced the inclusion of Banco Financiero Internacional S.A. (BFI) on its sanctions list for supposedly “disproportionately” benefiting the Cuban military. “The BFI is a commercial bank controlled by the Cuban military, which benefits directly from financial transactions at the expense of the Cuban people,”…

First ex-combatant killed in 2021, Yolanda Zabala Mazo (L)murdered alongside her sister, 17-year-old Reina Zabala BOGOTA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Seven people were killed and one person was injured in the Colombian city of Buenaventura, the Valle del Cauca department, on the morning of Dec 31, in the 91st massacre…

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said, as the New Year brought another grim milestone underlining the country’s struggle to quell the virus. The US has so far registered 20,007,149 cases and 346,408 deaths in the…

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has extended a suspension on issuing certain work visas and green cards through the end of March, justifying the measure as a means to shore up jobs for US citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic.Allowing immigrant workers into the country would “pose…

MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin, US), Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A since-fired Wisconsin hospital worker was arrested for removing more than 500 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from refrigeration, causing them to spoil, police said.A police statement said the suspect was charged after “tampering with and causing the destruction of 57 vials containing approximately…