Brazil: Storms swell Iguazu falls to near decade-high flow

SAO PAULO, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heavy rains have swollen the famed Iguazu waterfalls on the border between Argentina and Brazil to near decade-high water volumes this week, authorities said, as flooding engulfed one of the site’s main tourist walkways. Storms in the southern Brazilian state of Parana sent the…

World Scientists call on health authorities to declare climate change a global health emergency

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Scientists from across the world collectively called for the UN, world leaders, and health authorities to address climate change and biodiversity loss as one global health emergency. The report published by more than 200 health journals urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare…

Ecuadorian towns hit by blackouts to curb electricity consumption amid drought

QUITO, Oct 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ecuadorian towns in the Amazon region have been reported to be undergoing power outages that might drag on at least until December if current drought conditions are to persist, according to local authorities. The power cuts have caused havoc and traffic chaos in a country…

Brazil’s population consists largely of women, census shows

BRASILIA, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — A study released late last week by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IGBE) showed that by 2022 the population in South America’s largest country consisted mostly of women. For the first time in five decades, women are in the majority across all…

Zanzibar: Urgently complete sardines processing plant – Pres Mwinyi

ZANZIBAR, Oct 30 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Hussein Mwinyi visited Kama coastal area where the sardines’ processing centre is being constructed and called for quick completion of the plant. He said, “We need to move fast enough to have the sardines’ factory ready so that the challenges facing fishermen and other people…

Tanzania, Germany to boost ties

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 30 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE future prospects of economic and trade relation between Tanzania and Germany are set to hit new heights, with the visit into the country by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier starting Monday. In the course, Germany’s top leaders will visit four…

Mexico reports first AH5 bird flu case in Sonora

MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Mexico on Sunday reported the first case of highly pathogenic AH5 bird flu in a farm in Sonora, the Secretariat of Agriculture confirmed. In a press release, the Secretariat said that a group of technicians from the General Directorate of Animal Health are…

Portugal sets up new immigration agency

LISBON, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Portugal dissolved the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) on Sunday, transferring all matters concerning foreign documents to the newly created Agency for Integration, Migration, and Asylum (AIMA). According to an official statement, AIMA “plans to set up a mega-operation to resolve pending cases,” with “enhanced…

Zimbabwe’s parliament moves to new building

HARARE, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Zimbabwe’s parliament announced that it is relocating from the colonial-era building in the central business district (CBD) to a new, modern building that was funded and built by China in Mount Hampden on the outskirts of the capital Harare. “The new parliament (building) is a…

Brazil: Small plane crashes in northwest Acre state, killing 12

BRASILIA, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — A small plane crashed near the runway of Rio Branco International Airport at Brazil’s northwest state of Acre on Sunday, said local reports. It has been confirmed that 12 people were killed in the accident. According to the local fire department, 12 people were on…