US unrest: Pres Trump administration sends out teams to guard monuments on July 4 weekend
Boston officials have voted to remove ‘The Emancipation Group’ statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a…
More than 100 Colombian soldiers implicated in sex abuse of minors, army says
Demonstrators wearing face masks protest in front of a military battalion, against the reported rape of an Embera Chami indigenous…
Uruguay’s foreign minister Talvi resigns
MONTEVIDEO, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi, who shot to international prominence when he oversaw the repatriation…
Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires
A part of the Amazon rainforest burns near a highway in Brazil’s Para state last September BRASILIA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
US unrest: New York cuts police budget amid ‘defund’ calls
NEW YORK, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York City lawmakers have approved a disputed budget that purports to slash $1…
Covid-19: US buys nearly all of Gilead’s drug Remdesivir
WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US is buying nearly all the next three months’ projected production of Covid-19 treatment…
US House moves to toughen sanctions over Hong Kong law
WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US House of Representatives agreed unanimously to seek tough sanctions on Chinese officials and…
UN Security Council adopts resolution on COVID-19
The United Nations headquarters in New York UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations Security Council has adopted…
Venezuela parliamentary elections set for Dec 6
CARACAS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s National Electoral Council on Wednesday called parliamentary elections for Dec 6, with the opposition…
Covid-19: Brazil surpasses 60,000 deaths – official
BRASILIA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil topped 60,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus after recording more than 1,000 fatalities over…