Americas

Cuba enacts new constitution in three decades

HAVANA, April 11 (NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA) — Cuba’s parliament passed a new Magna Carta on Wednesday which says keeping socialism is irrevocable,…

Pres Trump signs orders for ‘revival’ of US energy

CROSBY (United States), April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the US oil heartlandon Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the signing of…

Hundreds of migrants form caravan in Honduras to head for the US

TEGUCIGALPA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost 1,000 people gathered in the town of San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras to…

Millions in central US brace for ‘life-threatening’ blizzards, potential floods

WASHINGTON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A blizzard hitting the US Rockies on Wednesday was forecast to move eastward over the next…

Peru: Ex-pres Kuczynski ordered detained in graft case

LIMA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Peruvian court ordered the arrest of ex-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski at the request of…

Brazil flooding unleashes hungry caimans in crime-infested Rio neighbourhood

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of a hillside Rio de Janeiro favela risk finding hungry caimans at…

Castro says Cuba will not abandon Venezuela despite US ‘blackmail’

HAVANA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro said Cuba would never abandon its leftist ally Venezuela…

Trump says he will have to call up more military at US-Mexico border

SAN ANTONIO, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he would have to mobilise more of the military at…

US, China agree to establish trade deal enforcement offices: Mnuchin

WASHINGTON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro says deal reached with Red Cross to send aid

CARACAS, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nicolas Maduro announced an agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross to…