President Lopez Obrador urges review of US drug cooperation in Mexico

Mexico’s then Defense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda  MEXICO CITY, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his government would review cooperation over drug policy with the United States and how its agencies operate in Mexico after the recent US arrest of a top military official. Lopez…

Category 2 hurricane Eta batters Nicaragua

BILWI (Nicaragua), Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eta was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane even as it continued to pummel Nicaragua, unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours. The hurricane, which dropped from a Category 4 storm earlier in the day as it moved inland, hammered impoverished indigenous communities along the…

US forces’ operation rescuing its kidnapped citizen not violation of Nigeria’s sovereignty: Defence minister

Minister of Defence, Maj Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd.) ABUJA, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd.), has said the recent rescue operation by the United States special forces on Nigerian soil was not a violation of the country’s sovereignty. He said the Nigerian government…

US presidential election: Polls start to close in tense election

Voters fill out and cast their ballots at the Cross Insurance Center polling location where the entire city votes on November 3, 2020 in Bangor, Maine WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polls in US battleground states began to close Tuesday, inching the contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden…

US presidential election: The oldest presidential candidates in US history

President Trump and Joe Biden WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At 70 years old in January 2017, Donald Trump became the oldest president to be inaugurated in the history of the United States. If Joe Biden wins on Nov 3, he would break this record: Biden would turn 78 before…

Panama: Hundreds of Migrants arrive despite pandemic

PANAMA CITY, Nov 3 (NNN-TELESUR) — Over 1,016 migrants have arrived in Panama on their way to the US during the last two months despite the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities reported. The Vice Minister of Public Security of Panama, Ivor Pitti, explained that most of them are stranded in Colombia’s border. Still,…

Colombian demobilized ex guerrillas demand an end to killings of members

BOGOTA, Nov 3 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Hundreds of demobilized former members of the FARC rebel group marched in Colombia’s capital Bogota to demand more security, implementation of a 2016 peace deal, and an end to the killings of former combatants. Waving both white and Colombian flags, former members of the Revolutionary…

Covid-19: Brazilians march in Sao Paulo against the Chinese vaccine and mandatory immunization

Brazilians march in Sao Paulo against the Chinese vaccine and mandatory SAO PAULO, Nov 3 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo’s main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday to protest state Governor João Doria’s support for mandatory COVID-19 immunization and testing the potential vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac.…

US unrest: Bail for Illinois teen charged in Kenosha killings of protesters set at US$2 million

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another in Kenosha WAUKEGAN (Illinois, US), Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Wisconsin court set bail at US$2 million for an Illinois teenager accused of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third during demonstrations in August in Wisconsin. It…

Update: Central America braces for strengthening Hurricane Eta

Honduran Air Force members load supplies on planes, to be taken to residents of Puerto Lempira municipality in preparation for the arrival of the upcoming Hurricane Eta MANAGUA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eta strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane as it barrelled towards the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, the…
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