Americas

Canada: PM Trudeau dissolves parliament, launches election campaign

OTTAWA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday kicked off the campaign for next month’s Canadian general election, gunning…

Brazil: Court ruled knife used to stab Pres Bolsonaro to become museum exhibit

BRASILIA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The knife used to stab Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 election campaign is…

Iran’s UN Envoy Says No Talks With U.S. Unless Sanctions Removed

TEHRAN, Sept 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s envoy to the United Nations, Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, said, negotiations with the United States…

Renewed crisis in Argentina puts IMF under fire

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite a history of many IMF rescue programmes, Argentina once again faces a deepening financial…

Final body found in California boat fire, Coast Guard issues lithium battery warning

LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of the final victim of a California dive boat…

Killings, torture still going on in Venezuela – UN rights chief

GENEVA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations human rights chief said that extrajudicial killings appeared to be continuing in…

Update: Pres Trump plans ban on sale of flavoured e-cigarettes as death allegedly related to vaping rises

 WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) —US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will ban flavoured e-cigarettes, after a spate of…

Kansas reports 6th U.S. death linked to mystery illness, allegedly related to vaping

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Kansas resident was the sixth person to die in the United States of a…

US offers delay in tariff hike, responding to Chinese gesture

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After an apparent conciliatory move by China, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday made one…

Bahamas says 2,500 missing after Dorian; prime minister warns death toll to rise ‘significantly’

NASSAU, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 2,500 people are still listed as missing in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian pummeled…