Rio de Janeiro, Jun. 19, (dpa/GNA) – A quarter of Brazilian land has been on fire at least once over the past four decades, a report published…
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Biden to give legal status to 500,000 undocumented spouses
June 18 (BBC/GNA) – President Joe Biden has announced a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens…
Seven dead, scores missing in Ecuador landslides triggered by rain
Buenos Aires, Jun. 18, (dpa/GNA) – At least seven people have died in landslides triggered by heavy rains in mountainous central Ecuador, police said on Monday evening.…
House votes to hold US attorney general in contempt of Congress
Washington, Jun. 13, (dpa/GNA) – The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favour of holding US Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his…
Clashes in Buenos Aires as Senate passes controversial reforms
Buenos Aires, Jun. 13, (dpa/GNA) – Demonstrators and police clashed outside Argentina’s Congress on Wednesday as senators passed a controversial reform package to privatize several state entities…
New government formed in crisis-ridden Haiti
Mexico City, Jun. 12, (dpa/GNA) – After months of deadlock in embattled Haiti, interim Prime Minister Garry Conille has formed a new cabinet, with the 14 names…
Elon Musk drops lawsuit after OpenAI published his emails
New York, June 12 (CNN/GNA) — Lawyers for Elon Musk on Tuesday moved to dismiss the billionaire’s lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, ending a months-long legal…
Biden visits US WWI cemetery in France stressing contrast to Trump
Paris, Jun. 10, (dpa/GNA) – US President Joe Biden paid a visit to a US World War I military cemetery near Paris accompanied by his wife Jill…
US urges Israel to be ‘fully transparent’ after strike on UN school
Washington, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – The United States has called for an investigation into the deadly Israeli airstrike on a school building run by the UN agency…
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to start prison sentence on July 1
Washington, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – The former chief strategist of ex-US president Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, is to begin his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress…
Starliner docks at ISS carrying two astronauts after thruster issue
Washington, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Boeing’s new Starliner capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, but struggled with technical problems on…
WHO reports first human death from H5N2 bird flu strain in Mexico
Mexico City, Jun. 6, (dpa/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed the first fatal case of human infection with a strain of bird flu…
Georgia appeals court halts Trump election fraud case
Washington, Jun. 6, (dpa/GNA) – An appeals court in the US state of Georgia has paused the election fraud trial against former president Donald Trump, as the defence…
Reports: Biden to sign executive order to limit Mexico border entries
Washington, Jun. 4, (dpa/GNA) – US President Joe Biden is planning to unveil an executive order to ramp up measures to prevent asylum seekers from entering via the…
Sheinbaum to become Mexico’s first female president as rivals concede
Mexico City, Jun. 3, (dpa/GNA) – Left-wing government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female president after her rivals conceded in an election marred…
Lawyer says Stormy Daniels ’emotional’ after Trump guilty verdict
Berlin, May 31, (dpa/GNA) – US porn actress Stormy Daniels has reacted emotionally to the guilty verdict handed down to former US president Donald Trump in the…
Trump seeks donations after conviction: ‘I’m a political prisoner’
New York, May 31, (dpa/GNA) – Minutes after Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in his hush money trial, the former US president’s campaign team…
Donald Trump convicted of falsifying business records in hush money scheme
America, May 30, (CNN/GNA)- Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records in connection to Stormy Daniels hush money scheme. The former President of the…
Venezuela disinvites EU from observing presidential election
Rio de Janeiro, May 29, (dpa/GNA) – Venezuela on Tuesday disinvited the EU observer mission from its presidential election in July, calling for sanctions to be lifted.…
Haiti’s transitional council elects former PM to lead Caribbean state
Havana, May 29, (dpa/GNA) – Haiti’s transitional presidential council elected UNICEF regional director Garry Conille as interim prime minister to lead the Caribbean state out of the…