Ecuador says Chinese fishing trawlers turned off tracking system near Galapagos

QUITO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador reported that nearly half ofthe Chinese fishing boats that roam the Galapagos Islands have turned offtheir tracking systems, making it impossible to locate them. The Ecuadorian Navy detected 149 ships that had turned off theirtransponders, a device that allows authorities to know where they…

Canada: PM Trudeau names first female finance minister

OTTAWA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeautapped Chrystia Freeland to be Canada’s first female finance minister onTuesday as an ethics scandal that clipped her predecessor’s wingsreverberates through the government. Freeland received a standing ovation after being sworn in at a smallceremony in Ottawa. Guests socially distanced, wore face…

US presidential election: States to sue Trump administration over postal changes amid voting fears

Donald Trump, US president WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A lawsuit led by Washington state will argue that the Postal Service, headed by a Trump ally, implemented the changes illegally and without following procedures required by federal law. “We will ask the court to block these destructive new policies and…

US files charges against Ugandan child adoption ring

The Ugandan children were presented in US courts as orphans WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government has filed fraud and money laundering charges against those behind an adoption scheme that placed Ugandan children who were not orphans with US families.Two Americans, Margaret Cole and Debra Parris, and a…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – MORE THAN 774,000 DEATHS: The pandemic has killed at least 774,832 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year. More than 21.9 million cases have been registered. The United States has recorded…

Covid-19: Street art thrives in Brazil’s Sao Paulo despite pandemic

SAO PAULO, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Perched atop a platform swaying in the air 10 stories high, Paola Delfin is putting the final touches on a giant graffiti mural in the sprawling concrete jungle of Sao Paulo. The Brazilian mega-city is known as a world street-art capital, and not even…

Covid-19: Latin America cases exceed six million and continue to accelerate

A health worker conducts a Covid-19 test at a drive-thru post in Asuncion, Paraguay BRASILIA, Aug 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceed six million and continued to accelerate, according to the WHO figures, as most of its nations…

UN sends fact finding mission to Chile where Mapuches are on hunger strike

 Around 1.5 million Mapuches live in Chile, and 200,000 in Argentina SANTIAGO, Aug 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Nations has sent a fact-finding team to Chile’s restive Araucania region where a jailed Indigenous Mapuche leader has spent more than 100 days on a hunger strike over his detention during the…

Covid-19: Brazil indigenous protesters demand help against virus

Indigenous protestors blocked a major Trans-Amazonian highway to protest against the lack of governmental support during the COVID-19 pandemic and illegal deforestation in and around the Amazon NOVO PROGRESSO (Brazil), Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brandishing bows and arrows, dozens of indigenous protesters blocked a main highway through the Brazilian Amazon, demanding…

US Pres Trump promises tax credits for firms that bring jobs back from China

“We will create tax credits for companies that bring jobs from China back to America,” Trump said WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump vowed to create 10 million jobs in 10 months, in part by setting up tax credits for US companies that relocate manufacturing facilities to the United…
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