Americas

Two Children Among Victims Killed In Festival Shooting In California

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were among the victims killed, in a…

Ghana Calls For More Progressive Relations With U.S.

ACCRA, Ghana, July 30 (NNN-GNA) – Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, called for a new and more…

Chilean congress will have tighter oversight of copper funding of armed forces

SANTIAGO, July 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean lawmakers passed a measure this week abolishing an antiquated, decades-old law under which state-run…

Argentina expecting record harvest of wheat in a supply short market

BUENOS AIRES, July 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine wheat farmers are preparing for a record harvest, even as global rivals see…

Brazil police probe tribal leader’s killing, village invasion

BRASILIA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of gold miners have invaded a remote indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon where…

Puerto Rico: New twist in leadership crisis

SAN JUAN, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A political crisis over leadership in the US Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico took…

Mexico, Honduras agree to create 20,000 jobs and stem migration

VERACRUZ (Mexico), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A scheme to create 20,000 jobs in Honduras has been agreed between the country’s…

Pres Maduro says missing FARC leaders are ‘welcome in Venezuela’

CARACAS, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said two former FARC commanders from neighbouring Colombia whose whereabouts are…

Brazil police say one arrested in US$29 million gold robbery case

SAO PAULO, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian police said they arrested one person and are seeking an arrest warrant for…

Update: 4 dead in California shooting, including suspected gunman

LOS ANGELES, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people have died at a California food festival shooting, including a suspected gunman,…