WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite a history of many IMF rescue programmes, Argentina once again faces a deepening financial crisis, raising questions about whether the Washington-based lender made a mistake in its dealings with Latin America’s third largest economy. The International Monetary Fund, which last year approved a record…

LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of the final victim of a California dive boat fire that killed 34 people, as the US Coast Guard issued a safety bulletin focusing on emergency escape routes, crew training and the charging of lithium-ion batteries. The 23-metre Conception erupted in…

GENEVA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations human rights chief said that extrajudicial killings appeared to be continuing in Venezuela and the Special Action Forces (FAES) presumed to be responsible had received support from the highest levels of government. Michelle Bachelet told the U.N. Human Rights Council that alongside…

 WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) —US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will ban flavoured e-cigarettes, after a spate of vaping-related deaths. Trump told reporters vaping was a “new problem”, especially for children. US Health Secretary Alex Azar said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would finalise a plan to…

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Kansas resident was the sixth person to die in the United States of a mysterious respiratory illness related to vaping, state officials said, as public health officials scrambled to understand a nationwide health problem. “It is time to stop vaping,” Kansas State Health Officer…

NASSAU, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 2,500 people are still listed as missing in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian pummeled the Caribbean island chain on Sept 1, although that number may include evacuees who fled to shelters, authorities said. Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told the nation in a televised…

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to implement asylum restrictions that prevent most Central American migrants from applying at the US border. The decision — temporarily in effect while lower court proceedings play out — is a victory for Trump’s…

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York honored Wednesday the almost 3,000 people killed on Sept 11, 2001 in a solemn ceremony at Ground Zero where hijacked Al-Qaeda planes brought down the Twin Towers. Relatives of victims, police officers, firefighters and city leaders gathered at the National September 11…

Students protest in front of the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) after a rape was reported RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Researchers say there were 57,341 violent deaths in Brazil last year, a nearly 11% drop over the record number of people killed in 2017. The non-profit Brazilian Public…