UK strikes to intensify as teachers and nurses announce walkouts

Demonstrators protest opposite 10 Downing Street in central London LONDON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Industrial action looked set to intensify as Britain’s largest teaching and nursing unions announced further walkouts over pay, while the government seeks to limit strikes with a controversial bill. The National Education Union (NEU) said its…

US violence: Baby, teen mom among 6 killed in shooting at California home; police looking for 2 suspects

VISALIA (California, US), Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people – including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby – were killed in a shooting at a home in central California, and authorities are searching for at least two suspects, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies responded around 3.30am to reports of multiple…

Brazil capital’s security boosted, 39 charged over uprising

3 minutes ago · Published on 17 Jan 2023 10:00AM · 0 Comments MoreA Brazilian authorities are beefing up security at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia BRASILIA, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian authorities moved to upgrade security at government buildings ransacked by rioters, and formally charged 39 people with crimes…

Italy’s Most-Wanted Mafia Boss Matteo Messina Denaro Arrested In Sicily

 PALERMO (Sicily, Italy), Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run. Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic in Sicily’s capital, Palermo, where he was receiving treatment for cancer. He is alleged to be…

German police oust climate activists after clashes near coal mine

BERLIN, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German police say they have removed almost all climate activists from a German village that will be destroyed to allow the expansion of a coal mine. Hundreds of officers cleared around 300 activists from Lützerath in an operation that began on Wednesday. Police say they…

Peru unrest: President Boluarte, religious leaders agree to promote dialogue and social peace

LIMA, Jan 17 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte met with members of the Interreligious Council of Peru, with whom she agreed on the importance of further strengthening dialogue and social peace in the country. During the Monday meeting, held at the Government Palace, the attendees advocated for the construction of a peaceful…

US winter storms: More rain, snow pelt California as Biden declares disaster to speed aid

 LOS ANGELES (California, US), Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soggy Californians wearily endured their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and at least 19 deaths, and forecasters said more of the same loomed for another day. “Rain and heavy mountain snow to continue across…

Three women from ethnic minority found slain in Honduras; 17 women murdered so far in 2023

 TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bullet-riddled bodies of three women from an Afro-Caribbean minority group were found slain on a beach, the National Human Rights Commission of Honduras said. The women were all members of the Garifuna community, whose members live along coastal Honduras and Belize and are descended from…

Peruvians defy state of emergency, mobilize for major new protest

 LIMA, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lima and other Peruvian regions were under a renewed state of emergency even as opponents of President Dina Boluarte began mobilizing toward the capital ahead of a major demonstration Monday, the latest in weeks of deadly unrest. At least 42 people have died, according to Peru’s…

DR Congo: Bomb kills at least 10 at church in attack claimed by Daesh group

 BENI (DR Congo), Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by Daesh militants. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened Sunday in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu…