Sudan crisis: UN aid chief in Saudi Arabia for Sudan talks as fighting flares

 KHARTOUM, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top aid official was in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for ceasefire talks between Sudan’s warring generals, as concern grows for the humanitarian situation at the start of a fourth week of gun battles and air strikes in the Sudanese capital. Multiple truce deals…

US: NASA launches two small satellites to track hurricanes

WASHINGTON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — NASA launched two small satellites designed to track tropical cyclones hour by hour from a base in New Zealand on Monday, in a project that could improve weather predictions on devastating storms. The new storm trackers, sent into orbit on a rocket built by US…

Germany: Recession fears mount as industrial output falls

 BERLIN, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German industrial production declined more than expected in March due to a heavy fall in car manufacturing, official data showed, deepening fears Europe’s top economy faces a sharp downturn. Output dropped 3.4 percent on the previous month, seasonally adjusted figures from the federal statistics agency…

Peru mine tragedy: Police complete recovery of 27 bodies

 LIMA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police have completed the recovery of 27 bodies from a gold mine in southern Peru following a devastating fire, authorities said. The 27 workers at the mine in the town of Yanaquihua died after a short circuit caused an explosion that started a blaze inside one…

US needs $30bn to seal 14,000 unplugged offshore oil and gas wells: study

 PARIS, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cost to secure thousands of inactive oil and gas wells in the US Gulf of Mexico could top $30 billion, according to research weighing potential environmental damage against the estimated price tag. Researchers in the United States found there are some 14,000 unplugged oil…

UK local council elections: Tories suffer losses in Sunak’s first electoral test

 LONDON, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major electoral test since he took office last year. In the depths of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, the local council elections held Thursday across swathes of…

Ecuador’s Armed Forces ordered to carry out immediate operations against terrorism

QUITO, May 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso issued an executive decree ordering the Armed Forces to carry out immediate operations nationwide to confront and counteract “terrorist” individuals and organizations, it was announced. Lasso ordered “the Joint Command of the Armed Forces to initiate, immediately, the corresponding actions to…

“Argentina extremely cheap,” says Uruguayan president

MONTEVIDEO, May 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said his country has a problem with prices in Argentine being so low due to a favorable exchange rate that people cross the border to do their shopping. “We have a problem with Argentina because prices are extremely cheap,” Lacalle…

How Tanzania could attract more tourists

DAR ES SALAAM, May 5 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA is making major strides in tourism sector growth, with significant increase in both foreign and local tourists visiting, and exploring various tourist attractions. The country recorded a 57.7 per cent rise in arrivals of foreign tourists in 2022, according to the latest…

Tanzania to become agriculture, fisheries learning centre

TanzaniaZ to become agriculture, fisheries learning centre DAR ES SALAAM, May 5 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Permanent Secretary in Prime Minister’s Office in charge of Policy, Parliamentary Affairs and Coordination, Dr Jim Yonazi has said plans are underway to make Tanzania a knowledge centre for learning agriculture and fisheries in East…