Russia-Ukraine conflict: Britain urges Russia to allow exports of Ukrainian grain

MADRID, May  26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace called on Moscow to do the “right thing” and release grain stuck in Ukrainian ports due to Russia’s military campaign. Moscow has said it would permit food corridors in Ukraine and avoid a global food crisis if international sanctions imposed…

Panama grants pepper spray to gender-based violence victims

PANAMA CITY, May 25 (NNN-TELESUR) — Panamanian Institute for Women (INAMU) began to deliver canisters of pepper spray to women threatened to death so that they defend against their possible aggressors, most of whom are partners or former partners.  “These women, who were victims of gender-based violence in the past, fear that their aggressors will break the…

DR Congo reports 5 ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak

KINSHASA, May 25 (NNN-TELESUR) — The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country. Five cases of Ebola virus disease, including four confirmed ones, had been…

Four miners missing for weeks in Burkina Faso found dead: govt

OUAGADOUGOU, May 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four of the eight miners who have been missing since mid-April in a flooded mine in Burkina Faso have been found dead, the government said on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, after 39 days of intense searches, the lifeless bodies of four miners have been found,” government spokesman…

Joint Paraguay-Brazil operation razes 183 marijuana hectares

PEDRO JUAN CABALLERO (Paraguay), May 25 (NNN-EFE) — At least 183 hectares of marijuana, with an estimated production of 600 tons of the drug, have been destroyed in the last eight days in an operation carried out by authorities from Paraguay and Brazil. The operation, called “New Alliance XXXII,” involves…

Brazilian Pres Bolsonaro angry at Bolivia’s YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil

BRASILIA, May 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia’s state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part of an “orchestrated plan” against him and added Petrobras was…

At least 11 killed in central Mexico in apparent gangland attack

Soldiers guard the scene where gunmen opened fire in two bars killing at least 10 people, in Celaya, Mexico MEXICO CITY, May 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a dozen gunmen opened fire in two bars and a hotel in the central Mexican city of Celaya late on Monday, killing at…

Time is short for Sudan to resolve political crisis, UN Mission chief warns

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Time is short for Sudan to reach a solution to its protracted political crisis, the Special Representative for the country told the Security Council, warning that if the impasse is not urgently overcome, the consequences will be felt beyond national borders, impacting a whole generation.…

US firm partners with Kenyan to build world’s largest Battery Plant in DRCongo to power smart cities

NAIROBI, May 25 (NNN-KBC) — A solar battery manufacturing plant is set to be constructed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to manufacture electric storage batteries to power smart cities in Africa and the rest of the world. The battery plant to be constructed by the US Engineering and…

US shooting: Pres Joe Biden vows to act on gun laws after 19 children killed in Texas school shooting

The shooting has shaken the tight-knit community WASHINGTON, May 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden has vowed to act on the country’s gun laws after mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas that killed19 children and two adults. Speaking at the White House, Mr Biden said the massacre at…