Americas

Bangladesh Denounces U.S. State Department’s 2023 Human Rights Report

DHAKA, Apr 26 (NNN-BSS) – A Bangladeshi foreign ministry spokesperson, yesterday, denounced the U.S. State Department’s 2023 Human Rights Report,…

Latin American bloc holds summit to devise trade, energy cooperation roadmap for 2030

CARACAS, April 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — The 23rd summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty…

Colombia: Ancient giant tortoise fossils found in Colombian Andes

BOGOTA, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paleontologists have discovered giant tortoise fossils in Colombia dating back some 57 million years, the…

Canada’s LNG Energy signs Venezuela oil contract

MONTREAL, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada-based LNG Energy Group announced on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Venezuela’s state-owned…

Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’: WHO

A woman holding an e-cigarette COPENHAGEN, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is “alarming”, according…

US: Pro-Palestinian protests spread at universities

Protesters gather to show support for Palestinians in Gaza, outside of Columbia University in New York City NEW YORK, April…

Battle for influence between US and China heats up in Africa

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni (centre) accompanied by workers from China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) and the China National Offshore Oil…

Tough times for Argentine factories as consumers penny-pinch hit by sky-high inflation and shrinking income

BUENOS AIRES, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s factories, like many economic sectors, are floundering as consumers hit by sky-high inflation…

Peru: Foreign Affairs Minister Gonzalez-Olaechea will visit Beijing to strengthen ties with China

LIMA, April 25 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea will pay an official visit to Beijing, China, on April 29-30.…

Peru’s farming exports to Europe up 26% in January-February 2024

LIMA, April 25 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian farming exports (traditional and non-traditional) to Europe totaled US$538.167 million in the first two…