Mexico to convert penal colony into cultural center
MEXICO CITY, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that an island penal colony housing 600…
US: Sixteen states sue Pres Trump over border wall emergency
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sixteen US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare a…
Brazil bans upstream dams after deadly Brumadinho disaster
A helicopter crew makes a dramatic rescue in southeastern Brazil. BRASILIA, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Brazil’s National Mining Agency has…
Venezuela denies EU lawmakers entry given ‘conspiratorial motives’
Venezuela’s Armed Forces patrolling the streets as Caracas as a citizen walks by. Photo courtesy TeleSUR CARACAS, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Mexico Ranks Sixth in Medicine Theft Worldwide
Mexico, Feb 18 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Mexico ranks sixth in the sale of stolen medicines, the Association of Pharmaceutical Research…
Haiti officials to lose perks in PM’s response to violent unrest
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Government officials in Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries, will lose their perks under…
Deer in at least 24 U.S. states infected with fatal chronic wasting disease
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in wild deer, elk or moose in at…
Mexico: 6 killed, 3 injured in shooting during street party
MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six people were killed and three more wounded in a shooting at a street…
US Pres Trump’s top advisor predicts ‘hundreds of miles’ of border wall by 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top adviser to US Pres Donald Trump said that the president’s emergency declaration could allow…
US urges Europe to ‘take back’ hundreds of captured Daesh fighters
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump called on his European allies to take back alleged militants captured in…