US Pres Trump asks $3.8 billion from military for Mexico border wall

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-TELESUR) — The US Defense Department asked Congress to reprogram more than $3.8 billion from funding for the National Guard and weapons programs to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, setting another possible confrontation with Democrats. Three years after arriving at the presidency, Donald…

IMF due in Argentina for debt restructuring talks

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Recession-hit Argentina opens talks this week with a team from the International Monetary Fund, seeking relief from what President Alberto Fernandez says is an unsustainable foreign debt. The government hopes to renegotiate US$195 billion of the country’s US$311 billion foreign debt – including a deeply…

Pres Trump brushes aside Philippines’ decision to end military pact with US

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump brushed aside the decision of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to end a decades-old military agreement with United States, saying he didn’t really mind and it would save money. Duterte announced the termination of the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on Tuesday, a move…

Immigration across US-Mexico border plunges 74.5 pct in 9 months

Central American migrants carrying a homemade US flag walking in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Immigration across the US-Mexico border plunged 74.5 percent from May 2019 to January 2020, in the wake of a bilateral agreement to curb migrant flows, Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard…

Plane crash kills 4 in Colombia

BOGOTA, Feb 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least four people were killed on Wednesday when a twin-engine aircraft crashed north of Colombia’s capital Bogota, the national civil aviation agency said. The plane took off minutes earlier before the crash, the agency said. An investigative team was dispatched to the scene to…

Russia to retaliate if US abandons Open Skies treaty: diplomat

MOSCOW, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia will be forced to retaliate if the United States decides to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, a senior Russian diplomat said. However, it is premature to discuss what the retaliation would involve as Washington has not yet announced the withdrawal, said Vladimir…

Brazil, Paraguay sign free trade agreement for vehicle sector

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 13 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil and Paraguay signed an agreement to boost trade of autos and auto parts between the two countries. The agreement was announced Tuesday during the most recent Mercosur Summit held in December 2019. Brazil had signed similar agreements with both Argentina and Uruguay…

IMF chief sees ‘mild’ virus impact on global economy

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — It is too early to tell the economictoll from the Covid-19 outbreak in China, but the hit to global growth should be mild,” International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said. The death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic in China has climbed past 1,350, but…

US military begins adjusting presence in Africa

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announcedan initial plan for adjusting its military presence in Africa amid concernsthe country will reduce forces fighting radical jihadists on the continent. The first change will see part of one infantry unit, around 800 troops,replaced with a similar number of military trainers…

Covid-19: US airlines extend China flight cancellations into late April

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Airlines (UAL.O) said it will extend cancellations of all US flights to China through late April due to the Covid-19 epidemic. With the announcement by Chicago-based United, all US passenger carriers flying to China have now cancelled flights into late April. Carriers say part…
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