India orders culling after new bird flu outbreaks

Paris | Reuters –– India has found two outbreaks of a highly contagious bird flu virus in the southern state of Kerala, prompting the authorities to cull more than 200,000 birds, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. The virus itself killed about 15,000 infected ducks in Kottayam and another 500 in […] Read more

WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo, shown here speaking Saturday in Beijing, now hopes to see a global customs pact settled within the next couple of weeks. (WTO.org)

WTO sees global trade pact within two weeks

Brisbane | Reuters –– The World Trade Organization said Friday there was a “high probability” that a major deal on streamlining global customs rules will be implemented within two weeks after India and the U.S. overcame a key impasse. “I would say that we have a high probability that the Bali package will be implemented […] Read more