Brazil: Tribal leaders call for legalization of wildcat mining on indigenous territory

A deforested and burnt plot is seen in Jamanxim National Forest in the Amazon, near Novo Progresso, Para state MORAES ALMEIDA (Brazil), Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of an indigenous tribe in the Amazon in northern Brazil on Friday called for wildcat miners to be allowed to prospect for gold…

Caribbean: Tropical storm warning issued for hurricane-hit Bahamas

MIAMI/NASSAU, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A tropical storm warning was issued on Friday for the northern Bahamas as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of the dangers of climate change during a visit to the hurricane-battered archipelago. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said a depression had formed near the Bahamas…

UN to deploy assessment mission to El Salvador to support anti-graft commission

On Sept 6, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to create the International Commission against Corruption and Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES) UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decided to deploy an assessment mission to El Salvador as a first step to…

US: Pres Trump says not to pick Sec of State Pompeo as National Security Advisor

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — US Pres Donald Trump said that he will not ask Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to assume a dual role of being his fourth national security advisor after the ouster of John Bolton. Trump told reporters at the White House that he discussed the idea with Pompeo and “he (Pompeo)…

Called-off Afghan peace process: Congress orders US Taliban negotiator Khalilzad to testify

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US envoy charged with negotiating with the Taliban was ordered to testify by the Democratic-led House of Representatives, which complained it had been kept in the dark on the now called-off peace process. Representative Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign AffairsCommittee, issued…

Brazil: At least 10 dead in Rio de Janeiro hospital blaze – fire service

Medical staff evacuating a patient from the Badim hospital in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people died in afire inside a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday evening withrescuers desperately trying to evacuate scores of patients from the building,the fire…

US wants to make ‘meaningful progress’ in China trade talks – Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US trade negotiators want to make “meaningful progress” in upcoming talks with China, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, after conciliatory gestures by both sidesboosted hopes of an eventual resolution. Mnuchin said on CNBC he is “cautiously optimistic” about chances for adeal to resolve the conflict,…

US Senate presses action on China’s treatment of Uighurs

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate has approved a Bill to press China on its treatment of Uighurs, requiring the US government to closely monitor the mass incarceration of the community and consider punishment of those responsible. The Senate unanimously approved the so-called Uighur Human Rights Policy Act…

Update: Bahamas’ count of missing people post-Dorian drops to 1,300

NASSAU, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Bahamian government now believes there are 1,300 people missing after Hurricane Dorian plowed into the islands, a sharp decline from the 2,500 listed on the missing registry a day earlier, a government spokesman said. The Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday had said…

Twitter blocks accounts of Raul Castro and Cuban state-run media

HAVANA, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US social media firm Twitter Inc has blocked the accounts of Cuban Communist Party Leader Raul Castro, his daughter Mariela Castro and Cuba’s top state-run media outlets, a move the Cuban Union of Journalists denounced as “massive censorship”. Dozens of accounts of journalists for Cuban state-run…
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