US: Researchers have identified a new pack of endangered grey wolves in California

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (California, US), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new pack of grey wolves has shown up in California’s Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from any other known population of the endangered species, wildlife officials announced. It’s a discovery to make researchers howl with delight, given that the…

With Nagorno-Karabakh under blockade for 8 months, Armenia seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting

Trucks with humanitarian aid for Artsakh parked in a road towards the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Armenia YEREVAN, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenia called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mostly populated by Armenians.…

Assassination of presidential candidate: Soldiers enter Ecuador jail in search for gang leader

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 4,000 Ecuadoran military and police officers on Saturday entered a prison in search of a powerful gang leader accused of having threatened a popular presidential candidate killed earlier this week, officials said. Ecuador has been under a state of emergency after the shock…

Niger coup: Russia warns Ecowas not to take military action

 MOSCOW/NIAMEY, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has warned that military intervention in Niger would lead to a “protracted confrontation” after regional bloc Ecowas said it would assemble a standby force. Such an intervention would destabilise the Sahel region as a whole, the Russian foreign ministry said. Russia does not formally…

Defense Ministry: Peru gets air interdiction unblocking from US after more than 20 years

LIMA, Aug 13 (NNN-ANDINA) — Two decades after the blockade imposed by the United States on Peru for the interdiction of aircraft suspected of drug trafficking activities, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola on Saturday confirmed that both countries reached a virtual agreement to lift said veto. This important achievement is the outcome of…

President: Peru to promote Pacific Alliance trade with Asian countries

LIMA, Aug 13 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte affirmed that Peru will boost trade between the Pacific Alliance and Asian countries. Boluarte led the ceremony marking the presentation of Peru’s Pro-Tempore Presidency at the Pacific Alliance —a bloc also composed of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. “We have to move towards a more global Pacific…

US to invest $1.2 bn on facilities to vacuum carbon from air using still developing technology

WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government said it will spend up to $1.2 billion for two pioneering facilities to vacuum carbon out of the air, a historic gamble on a still developing technology to combat global warming that is criticized by some experts. The two projects — in…

US wildfires: Hawaii starts probe into wildfire handling, as toll hits 80

LAHAINA (Hawaii, United States), Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hawaii’s chief legal officer said she was opening a probe into the handling of devastating wildfires that killed at least 80 people in the state this week, as criticism grows of the official response. The announcement and increased death toll came as residents of Lahaina…

France: Security alert prompts Eiffel Tower evacuation

PARIS, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bomb alert Saturday prompted the evacuation of three floors of the Eiffel Tower in central Paris, France’s most emblematic symbol which drew 6.2 million visitors last year. SETE, the body which runs the site, said bomb disposal experts as well as police were scouring the area, including…

UN mission in DR Congo entering ‘final phase’ as situation deteriorated sharply: Sec-Gen Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the body’s mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is entering its “final phase”, but warned the situation in the conflict-hit country has “deteriorated sharply”. In a report addressed to the UN Security Council, Guterres delivered a stark…