Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill

 LIMA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. The stunningly powerful eruption last Saturday of an undersea volcano near Tonga unleashed tsunami waves around the Pacific and as far away…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

 PARIS, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . WORLD TALLY: The coronavirus has killed at least 5,583,378 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a compilation from official sources on Saturday. The United States has recorded the most…

Norway: Humanitarian aid tops agenda as Taliban meet Western officials in Oslo

 OSLO, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus at talks opening Sunday in Oslo between the Taliban, the West and members of Afghan civil society. In their first visit to Europe since returning to power in August,…

British national jailed in Iran begins hunger strike: Family

Aryan Ashoori, Sherry Izadi and Elika Ashoori, the son, wife and daughter of Anoosheh Ashoori, a British man who has been jailed in Iran, stage an ’empty chair’ protest opposite Downing Street LONDON, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British national held in Iran for four-and-a-half-years on spying charges vehemently denied…

Brazil: Rio vows to revitalise two crime-racked slums

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The governor of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state announced plans on Saturday for massive investments aimed at revitalizing two long crime-infested slum districts. The announcement came just three days after 1,300 police swept through the Jacarezinho and Muzema favelas in a “reconquering” operation…

Russian and UK defence ministers to meet over Ukraine

  LONDON, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation to meet his British counterpart Ben Wallace to discuss the crisis on the Russia-Ukraine border, a senior UK defence source said.    “The Defence Secretary is glad that Russia has accepted the invitation to talk with his counterpart,”…

US: Lab monkeys escape after road crash, one on the loose

HARRISBURG (Pennsylvania, US), Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The crash in Pennsylvania of a truck transporting 100 monkeys to a laboratory allowed four of them to escape, triggering a search by police who warned the public not to approach the animals. The vehicle collided with a dump truck near Danville, Pennsylvania…

Covid-19: Brazil reports over 160,000 new cases for 3rd straight day

BRASILIA, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil reported 166,539 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the third consecutive day on which the country registered more than 160,000 cases, the National Council of Health Secretaries said. The new cases have brought the nationwide tally to 23,751,782, it said. Meanwhile, the…

Update: New York mayor calls for national action on guns after death of police officer

   NEW YORK, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York’s mayor called on the federal government to help “stop the flow of weapons” in the city after a police officer was killed and another wounded in a shooting on Friday.    America’s largest city has been rocked by a spate of…

US shooting: One NY police officer shot dead, another in critical condition; gunman dead

A massive NYPD response was invoked following the fatal shooting of a fellow officer in Harlem on Friday NEW YORK, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One New York police officer lost his life and another remains in critical condition following a shooting Friday in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem. The New…
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