US Will Not Win Russia’s Concessions By Exerting Pressure Of Sanctions – Ambassador

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 (NNN-TASS) – The United States should stop exerting pressure on Russia, using a policy of sanctions, as experience shows that, this approach does not work with regard to Moscow, Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said, speaking at the Fort Ross Dialogue international forum…

Moscow Issues Protest Over FBI Interrogation Of Russian MP

MOSCOW, Oct 7 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said, it had issued a strong protest to the United States, with regard to the detention and interrogation of a Russian parliament member, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “We declare a strong protest in connection with the actions of…

Manhunt Underway For Kansas City Shooting Suspects: U.S. Police

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Police are still searching for what appears to be two suspects, in a predawn shooting spree Sunday, in a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, which killed four people and wounded another five, a local police department official said. Thomas Tomasic, spokesman for the Kansas City…

Hundreds of thousands voice outrage over Bolivian leader’s response to forest fires

SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA (Bolivia), Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Bolivia’s largest city, turning up heat on President Evo Morales as they voiced outrage over his government’s response to wildfires that have razed broad swaths of the country’s forests this…

Ecuadorian workers, indigenous peoples announce new protests

QUITO, Oct 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Workers unions, indigenous communities and the people in general continue demonstrations of protest against the economic measures adopted by the government of Lenin Moreno, in Ecuador. The announcement came shortly after 11 transport federations announced the end of a two-day strike in protest against…

Venezuela signs drug cooperation agreements with several countries

CARACAS, Oct 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The head of the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA) Alberto Matheus reported that Venezuela has signed 42 cooperation agreements on drug matters with 37 countries. Among the agreements, the ones signed with the United Nations Organization and the Cooperation Program between Latin America, the Caribbean…

UN calls for full implementation of Peace Agreement in Colombia

BOGOTA, Oct 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The UN has again advocated to accelerate the full implementation of the Peace Agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian State and the FARC-EP, following continued murders of former guerrillas, social leaders and human rights defenders. This is reflected in a quarterly report on…

Russian deputy prime minister in Venezuela to support Pres Maduro

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov CARACAS, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov met Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday to underline Moscow’s support for the leftist leader that has helped him stay in power despite intense Western pressure to quit. Moscow has acted as a…

US: Four homeless men killed in New York City overnight rampage

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A homeless man wielding a long metal pipe rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition, police said. Chief of Manhattan South Detectives Michael Baldassano said at a news…

Greek PM asks Pompeo for US help to calm Turkish-Cyprus offshore tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is welcomed by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ATHENS, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the United States to use its influence to defuse tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Cyprus and Turkey are locked in a dispute over offshore…
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