OTTAWA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday kicked off the campaign for next month’s Canadian general election, gunning to hold onto his liberal majority in a tight race against newcomers on both flanks. The parties have already been wooing voters with pre-election ads, announcements and whistle stops in key…

BRASILIA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The knife used to stab Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 election campaign is to be put on display at a police museum due to its “historical value”, a court ruled. The court in the southern state of Minas Gerais on Tuesday ordered the…

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…