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Ottawa, May 25 (UNI) An Indian lorry driver behind a 2018 fatal crash with a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team that left 16 dead, has been ordered deported from Canada, media reports said. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who is originally from India, was released on full parole last year after being sentenced to eight…

Helsinki, (UNI) The birth rate in Finland declined in 2023 to the lowest level since records began almost 250 years ago, announced the country’s statistics agency on Friday. A total of 43,383 babies were born in Finland last year, representing a fertility rate of 1.26 children per woman, according to Statistics Finland. “Regional analysis of…

The Hague, (UNI) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to stop its military offensive in Rafah, with immediate effect. “The situation has deteriorated since the last rulings on January 26 and March 28,” Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the court, stated at the Peace Palace in The Hague. “The humanitarian situation…

Yangon, May 24 (UNI) About 60 shops were destroyed in a fire in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the information team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported late Thursday. The fire broke out at around 3:15 p.m. local time on Thursday at the market of Thet Kal Pyin village in Sittwe township, Rakhine state, the information…

Prague, May 24 (UNI) The president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, was injured while riding a motorbike and taken to a hospital for observation, the president’s office said on social media. “The injuries are not serious but will require a brief observation in the hospital,” the office said on X on Thursday. The president…

N’djamena, May 24 (UNI) Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby has appointed Allah-Maye Halina, the country’s ambassador to China, as the country’s prime minister, Chadian newspaper Al Wihda has reported. On Wednesday, Chadian Transitional Prime Minister Succes Masra announced that he had tendered his resignation along with the transitional government following the presidential election in the…

Port Moresby, May 24 (UNI) More than 100 people may have been killed in a landslide that hit a remote village in Papua New Guinea early Friday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing residents. The landslide hit the remote village of Kaokalam in the Oceania country’s Enga Province, located approximately 600 kilometres (373 miles) from…

Washington, May 24 (UNI) Former President Donald Trump said during a campaign rally in New York City that he believes most of the hostages in Gaza are dead. “Many of the hostages that you’re waiting for, and everybody’s waiting for those hostages, many of them are dead,” Trump said on Thursday. “Many of them are…

Madrid, May 24 (UNI) At least four people have been killed and 21 have been injured as a result of a building collapse on the Spanish island of Mallorca in the city of Palma, a local rescue service has said. “Latest information on building collapse on Cartago Street at Playa de Palma: 4 people dead,…