The Government has asked that concerns are reported to the DENR and to avoid direct involvment with wildlife management
A video of a woman attempting to rescue feral chickens bound for euthanisation made the rounds this week.
The government today responded with a warning to the public that interference is illegal and poses serious risks to all involved.
They note feral chicken removal can be easily reported at: https://www.gov.bm/feralchickens , and the dashboard of progress can also be found on this same webpage.
Okonjo-Iweala set out a list of problems facing the WTO, including the paralysis of the WTO’s dispute settlement body and transparency in notifying the use of subsidies
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The head of the World Trade Organization said on Thursday the multilateral system has fundamentally changed and that countries must look to the future to consider how to reform the global trade system.
“The world order and multilateral system we used to know has irrevocably changed. We will not get it back…We must look to the future,” WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told delegates at the opening of the 14th WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.
While 72% of global trade still takes place under WTO rules, with growth in AI-related trade providing a bright spot, Okonjo-Iweala said the world trading system faces significant uncertainty due to the Middle East conflict and impact of U.S. tariffs on countries around the world.
Okonjo-Iweala set out a list of problems facing the WTO, including the paralysis of the WTO’s dispute settlement body and transparency in notifying the use of subsidies.
Only 64 members had filed subsidy notifications at the WTO for 2025, meaning 102 had not, Okonjo-Iweala said.
“Lack of transparency leads to lack of trust, and that breeds suspicions of unfairness and anti-competitive behaviours,” she told delegates. This contributed to a “vicious cycle” of mistrust which is holding back members from agreeing new rules and reforms, Okonjo-Iweala added.
Reporting by Olivia Le PoidevinEditing by Madeline Chambers
Transport Minister Owen Darrell said the Government is determined to maintain the commuter service on the Pink Ferry route
The Pink Ferry route was suspended once again on Monday, and restored on Wednesday morning.
At one point it looked as if the smaller route was gone for good. It was restored in 2023 as a Monday to Friday commuter service, following a public campaign, but it has continued to face sporadic disruptions.
Tourism & Transport Minister Owen Darrell said the Government is determined to keep it going.
Under the change, companies incorporated inside or outside the UK will need at least 10% free float to qualify for inclusion in the FTSE UK Index Series
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Index provider FTSE Russell said on Thursday it would align the minimum free-float requirement for UK and non-UK companies in the FTSE UK Index Series from the June 2026 review.
Under the change, companies incorporated inside or outside the UK will need at least 10% free float to qualify for inclusion in the FTSE UK Index Series. Non-UK companies currently face a 25% minimum free-float requirement.
FTSE Russell, a London Stock Exchange Group business, said the change removes the gap between UK and foreign companies and makes the indices better reflect real market exposure. The rule is also in line with the London Stock Exchange’s minimum free-float requirement.
“While we do not expect any immediate impact on index constituents, this change aims to strengthen how accurately the indices reflect the UK market,” David Sol, global head of policy at FTSE Russell, said in a statement.
In February, FTSE Russell also proposed a “fast-entry” mechanism for IPOs and changes to eligibility criteria for its Russell U.S. Equity Indexes, as market expectations indicated some forthcoming listings may not meet the current thresholds.
Peer Nasdaq also proposed a new rule last month to speed up the inclusion of newly listed large companies in its index, seeking to address delays that have left major IPOs and exchange transfers out of the benchmark for months.
Reporting by Aatrayee Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Maju Samuel
Drone damages have prevented Chornobyl’s protective shield from performing its main safety function, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said last year
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The foreign ministers of the G7 group of nations will discuss repair works worth about 500 million euros ($576.30 million) for the protective shield of Ukraine’s Chornobyl nuclear plant, France’s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Thursday.
“The G7 must play a leading role in this fundraising, in close coordination with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),” Barrot told reporters on the sidelines of a G7 meeting taking place in France. The EBRD president Odile Renaud-Basso is due to attend the second day of the G7 event on Friday.
Drone damages have prevented Chornobyl’s protective shield from performing its main safety function, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said last year.
($1 = 0.8676 euros)
Reporting by John Irish and Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta
A vote was scheduled at short notice following a proposal from the opposition Conservative Party, bypassing the traditional fiscal budget process that can take months to complete
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Norway’s parliament on Thursday passed a bill to temporarily cut petrol and diesel taxes, easing soaring fuel costs in the wake of the war in the Middle East, which has driven up the price of oil.
A vote was scheduled at short notice following a proposal from the opposition Conservative Party, bypassing the traditional fiscal budget process that can take months to complete.
The minority Labour Party government had said any changes to fiscal policy should be part of regular committee reviews, which would have delayed the vote in parliament until June at the earliest.
A temporary tax cut on petrol and diesel from April 1 to September 1 would amount to at least 3.3 billion Norwegian crowns ($342 million) in lost revenue to the state, Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg told parliament.
Several proposals to temporarily reduce CO2 taxes also passed, parliament’s voting record showed, adding several billion crowns to the overall cuts.
The Centre Party, which cast the deciding vote, earlier on Thursday said it would support “any proposal that can bring down taxes”.
($1 = 9.6499 Norwegian crowns)
Reporting by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Louise Rasmussen
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to reach a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting Iran’s foreign minister
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London’s FTSE indexes dropped more than 1% on Thursday, as lingering uncertainty about a potential end to the Middle East conflict weighed on sentiment.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to reach a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting Iran’s foreign minister, who said Tehran was reviewing a U.S. proposal but had no plans to enter talks aimed at winding down the conflict.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell 1.1% by 1013 GMT, snapping a two‑day winning streak, while the midcap FTSE 250 fell 1.2%.* Most FTSE 350 sub-indexes traded in the red, except theenergy index, which gained 0.6% as oil prices clawed back lossesfrom the previous session on worries that prolonged fighting inthe Middle East could further disrupt energy flows. * Precious metal miners fell 4.4% as gold prices weakenedamid uncertainty surrounding the conflict. * Britain’s economic growth prospects this year received thesharpest downgrade of any major economy in the OECD’s interimforecast update following the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, whileinflation is set to rise faster too. * Markets have priced in two or three quarter-point hikesfrom the Bank of England this year, a sharp reversal fromearlier this year when investors were expecting rate cuts. * Next rose 5.1% to the top of the benchmark after CEO SimonWolfson said that the clothing retailer has not seen anoticeable drop off in UK sales since the U.S.-Israeli war onIran started at the end of February. * Currys fell 8.4% after the electrical retailer said CEOAlex Baldock will step down, ending a tenure that delivered aturnaround in profit and margins for the company. * 3i Group fell 7.6% after the private equity firm said thatits discount retailer Action expects like-for-like sales growthbetween 4% and 5% in 2026, broadly similar to the 4.9% growth itrecorded in 2025.
Reporting by Tharuniyaa Lakshmi in Bengaluru; Editing by Sahal Muhammed
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s worst fighting in years erupted last month, claiming heavy human losses on both sides
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Pakistan’s military resumed operations against Afghanistan after a temporary pause, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, dashing hopes of a permanent ceasefire.
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s worst fighting in years erupted last month, claiming heavy human losses on both sides.
Kabul said more than 400 people were killed in a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital last week before the neighbours suspended fighting.
Pakistan rejected the Taliban’s statements about the strike, saying it had “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure”.
A pause in hostilities was announced for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr, which Islamabad says was also requested by Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
“The pause has concluded midnight between, I think, 23rd and 24th March,” said Tahir Andrabi, the spokesperson at a weekly foreign ministry briefing in Islamabad.
He said the operations would continue until the objectives are achieved, and until the Afghan Taliban regime reviewed what he called its misplaced priority of supporting terrorist infrastructures.
Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban of harbouring and supporting Islamist militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan. Kabul denies it, saying the militancy is Pakistan’s domestic problem.
Trade at the main border crossings between the two neighbours has been suspended since the Pakistani military launched its first air strikes in October.
Torkham border crossing in northwest Pakistan was temporarily opened on Thursday for hundreds of Afghan refugees to go back home, officials said.
Reporting by Asif Shahzad, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh, William Maclean
Sterling, which has lost nearly 1% in value against the dollar this month, was last down 0.1% on the day at $1.336
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The pound fell against the dollar for a third day on Thursday, as investors favoured the U.S. currency above most other assets in the face of a rising oil price and no end in sight for the war in the Middle East.
Sterling, which has lost nearly 1% in value against the dollar this month, was last down 0.1% on the day at $1.336. The pound was a touch stronger against the euro, which traded down 0.1% at 86.44 pence, bringing its losses for the month to 1.4%. This is the euro’s worst monthly performance against the pound since November 2024, when it fell 1.6%.
For markets, the main focus is the oil price, which has risen by around 45% since the war started in late February. As a result, investors expect central banks, including the Bank of England, to have to shift to raising rates to combat the risk of a damaging spike in inflation.
The BoE, which prior to the conflict had been expected to cut rates twice this year, is now expected to raise rates at least twice before the end of the year, as is the European Central Bank, according to money markets. Traders are attaching a roughly 40% chance of the Federal Reserve raising rates once this year.
This mismatch would ordinarily boost the pound, but given Britain’s dependence on energy imports, as well as its more fragile government finances and higher borrowing rates, sterling has come under fire over the last month.
BoE Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said on Thursday she saw less risk of second-round inflation effects from rising energy prices caused by the Iran war than from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, due to a softer labour market.
“Where we are now is very different to 2022 when we had the last energy shock,” she told an event hosted by the Resolution Foundation think tank.
A number of strategists have said they feel the BoE has far less room to raise rates this year and, as such, some of those bets on successive rate hikes could be unwound, which would leave sterling vulnerable to a pullback.
“We still see some upside risks for euro/sterling due to the larger room for dovish repricing in a de-escalation scenario for the sterling curve. A move past 87.0 in the coming weeks remains our baseline,” ING strategist Francesco Pesole said.
Reporting by Amanda Cooper; Editing by Tomasz Janowski
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