US: Bird flu wreaking havoc in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ region

More than a million chickens have been euthanized in California due to the bird flu outbreak.AP LOS ANGELES, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bird flu outbreak is ravaging California’s massive poultry industry, forcing businesses to kill more than one million chickens and causing egg prices to soar. Mike Weber, who…

Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster

 BRASILIA, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A federal judge in Brazil has ordered mining giants BHP, Vale and their Samarco iron ore joint venture to pay 47.6bn reais ($9.67bn) in damages over a deadly dam burst in 2015. The collapse of the Fundão dam in the south-east of the country caused…

Jews and Muslims launch peace initiative from Srebrenica

The President of the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Associations and American lawyer, Menachem Rosensaft (right) and the religious leader of Bosnian Muslims, Husein Kavazovic (left) embrace after signing a “Jewish-Muslim Initiative for Peace” at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Centre in Srebrenica on International Holocaust Remembrance Day SREBRENICA (Bosnia and Herzegovina),…

Thousands of Hondurans support Xiomara Castro’s government

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 28 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Thousands of Hondurans mobilized here Saturday in support of the Government of President Xiomara Castro, regarding the second anniversary of the popular victory and the historic victory in the general elections. The followers of the president and the ruling Freedom and Refoundation Party (Libre),…

Prominent British industrialist will tour Cuba on a bicycle

HAVANA, Jan 28 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Veteran British industrialist Colin Lisle said that at the end of this year he will tour part of Cuba on a bicycle, according to an official report on social networks. In this regard, Cuban professor and researcher José Luís Perelló elaborated on that on…

Finland elects president amid tensions with Russia

The importance of the role of the Finnish president has increased following tensions with neighbouring Russia HELSINKI, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finns head to the polls on Sunday (Jan 28) to elect a new president, an office whose importance has grown following increased tensions with neighbouring Russia since the invasion of…

UN chief calls for donors to maintain Gaza aid

Protesters demanding the return of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas gather near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN chief called on donor states to guarantee the flow of aid to Gaza after several halted funding to the agency for…

Venezuela opposition urges reinstatement of presidential hopeful

CARACAS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s political opposition demanded that the Supreme Court reinstate the electoral eligibility of one of its leaders, as anxiety swirled around this year’s still unscheduled vote. The court, loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, on Friday upheld a 15-year ban on Maria Corina Machado from holding…

Wildfire ravages Argentina’s national park

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — A forest fire that remained out of control Saturday has so far destroyed 577 hectares of the Los Alerces National Park, local media reported. The fire affects an area near the Centinela stream inside Los Alerces National Park in Argentina’s southern province of Chubut,…

Sierra Leonean minister urges removal of barriers to boost intra-Africa trade

ACCRA, Jan 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — A Sierra Leonean minister has called for the removal of various barriers that hinder the trade within the African continent. Minister for Trade and Industry Ibrahim Alpha Sesay made this call during a panel discussion at the Africa Prosperity Dialogue in Ghana’s Eastern Region. “Most…