Peru: PM calls for unity to face rain emergency

CHIMBOTE (Ancash, Peru), March 17 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola called for maintaining unity in Peru in the face of the emergency caused by recent rains and floods. “Let’s stand in solidarity with all our compatriots who are suffering the ravages of nature. This is a misfortune that affects…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN investigators say no findings yet of genocide within Ukraine

 GENEVA, March 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United Nations investigation into human rights violations since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not concluded that a genocide has taken place within Ukraine, its chair said. “We have not found that there has been a genocide within Ukraine,” Norwegian judge Erik Mose, the head…

US gun violence: Two dead in shooting at hotel near Portland International Airport

PORTLAND (Oregon), March 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — Two people were killed on Wednesday in a shooting at a hotel in Portland in the US state of Oregon, police said. Port of Portland Police responded to the shooting at the Embassy Suites hotel near Portland International Airport (PDX) around 2 am. A…

Germany shuts down ‘world’s largest’ crypto launderer, US$46m seized

BERLIN, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German authorities said they had taken down the “world’s largest” money laundering site for cryptocurrency, seizing millions of euros’ worth of bitcoin in the process. Law enforcement officials secured around 44 million euros of the digital currency in the move against online platform ChipMixer, the…

About 70 dead in Haiti gang clashes; 24,000 repatriated from Dominican Republic

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Some 70 people have been killed during recent gang clashes in Port-au-Prince, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights condemned and criticized present violence that currently impacts on Haiti.     Pregnant women, children, and elderly citizens are among victims of the armed conflicts…

WHO predicts end of Covid-19 pandemic this year

GENEVA, March 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — At some point this year the Covid-19 pandemic will be over and will cease to be a public healthcare emergency of international interest, according to WHO considerations, published by specialized media.     The statement was made by World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom…

Uganda: 3 students die, 18 injured after lorry rams into classroom

KAMPALA, March 16 (NNN-KBC) — Three Ugandan students were killed after a lorry rammed into their classroom at a school near the capital, Kampala. At least 18 other learners were injured in the incident at Kasaka Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon. The lorry got nearly halfway into the building and…

Kenya lauds Italy for establishing International Centre for Space Education

Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale NAIROBI, March 16 (NNN-KBC) — Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has lauded the Italian Government for establishing an International Centre for Space Education in Kenya. He said the centre that is domiciled within the San Margo Space Luigi Broglio Centre in Ngomeni, Kilifi County, was…

Kenya: WFP to offer Ksh. 7 billion for famine mitigation

DP Rigathi Gachagua when he met WFP Country Director Lauren Landis at Harambee House Annex NAIROBI, March 16 (NNN-KBC) — The World Food Programme (WFP) has committed Kshs. 7 billion as relief assistance to at least 940,300 people facing famine in 10 counties The agency’s Country Director Lauren Landis speaking…

UN committed to settlement of Cyprus issue: official

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. DiCarlo NICOSIA, March 16 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations is committed to a resolution of the Cyprus problem, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. DiCarlo said here. DiCarlo made the statement after separate meetings with leaders of the…