Ecuador: Parliamentary Committee gives nod to President Lasso’s impeachment

QUITO, March 2 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ecuador’s parliamentary committee investigating a corruption scandal approved by 6 votes to 1 to move on with the impeachment of President Guillermo Lasso, who has been linked to drug trafficking and possible crimes against the security of the State and the public administration, it was…

Argentina halts poultry exports after case of avian flu confirmed

BUENOS AIRES, March 2 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine authorities suspended poultry exports after the first case of avian flu was confirmed in the province of Río Negro. The South American country’s poultry exports last year amounted to US$ 383 million, with China buying 75% of them. With 2.5 million tons of…

Moscow opens world’s longest subway line

A train arrives at a station of the Big Circle Line in Moscow MOSCOW, March 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — Moscow on Wednesday opened the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL), the longest subway line in the world. The metro line was constructed from 2011 to 2022. The first section of the BCL…

Finnish Parliament approves accession to NATO

HELSINKI, March 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Finnish parliament on Wednesday approved legislation allowing the country to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 184 members of parliament voted in favor, with seven against and one abstention. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto will sign the legislation “as soon as possible,” he said.…

Zanzibar: Agriculture Ministry devices plan to promote organic farming

ZANZIBAR, March 2 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — AGRICULTURE, Irrigation, Natural Resources and Livestock Ministry has drafted an organic farming strategic plan to promote organic farming in Zanzibar, the House of Representatives was told here. Agriculture Minister Shamata Shaame Khamis informed the house that stakeholders are currently reviewing the plan before sharing their…

Costa Rica and Ecuador sign trade agreement

 SAN JOSE, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves and his Ecuadorian counterpart Guillermo Lasso signed a trade agreement between their two countries Wednesday in San Jose. Such an agreement is a nod toward “the path of open trade” in the face of protectionist tendencies, Chaves said. The…

Chad: Eleven killed in farmer-herder clash

N’DJAMENA, March 2 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Clashes between herders and farmers in Chad on Tuesday left 11 people dead, a senior local official said. The conflict between the two communities 600 kilometres east of the capital N’Djamena began Monday near the city of Mangalme following the theft of cattle, the official…

France joins the blockade against TikTok social network

PARIS, March 2 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — French government spokesman, Olivier Veran, said that no official government phone, nor those of central administration institutions, have the application of TikTok social network.     Following the announcement by the European Commission and the Europarliament to ban this social network on the work devices of…

Ecuador remains on emergency due to avian flu

QUITO, March 2 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) reported that it will maintain on alert until May 27 to contain bird flu in the Andean country.     An official report revealed that from last November to Feb 15 outbreaks were detected in the provinces of Cotopaxi,…

Colombia, Venezuela agreement moves forward in Congress

BOGOTA, March 2 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Second Commission of the Senate approved in first debate the Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments between Colombia and Venezuela, said the Trade Ministry.     Now the initiative, approved unanimously, will go to the plenary of the Upper House of the…