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Moscow, May 15 (UNI) No casualties were reported in the area of Fedorovskaya Street of Sevastopol where a downed missile fell in a private sector, city governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said in a telegram channel on Wednesday. “Our military repelled a massive attack on Sevastopol. In the area of Fedorovskaya Street, fragments of a downed missile…

Lima, May 15 (UNI) At least 13 people were killed and 14 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine about 50 meters deep in southern Peru on Tuesday, local authorities said. The bus crashed around 6:30 a.m. local time on the Libertadores highway as it was traveling from Lima to the…

Beijing, May 15 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kermadec Islands region at 0141 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 66.5 km, was initially determined to be at 28.12 degrees south latitude and 177.31 degrees west longitude.

Cape Town, (UNI) The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Tuesday that it will hold hearings on May 16–17 on South Africa’s request for measures against Israel over the situation in Rafah. “On Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17, 2024, the International Court of Justice will hold public hearings at the Peace…

Beijing, (UNI) The KP.2 sub-variant of Covid-19, which has become increasingly prevalent on a global scale, is unlikely to cause a new infection peak in China in the near future, the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration said on Tuesday. As of Sunday, KP.2-sequenced cases accounted for 0.05 percent to 0.30 percent of all locally…

Jakarta, May 14 (UNI) Up to 52 people were found dead and 17 went missing after cold lava floods destroyed houses, buildings and public facilities in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, a senior official of local disaster agency said on Tuesday. Search for the missing persons resumed on Tuesday as several heavy machinery equipment had been…

Houston, May 14 (UNI) Amid severe weather across the U.S. South, a lightning strike on Monday afternoon hit a runway of William P. Hobby Airport, one of the two major airports in the fourth largest U.S. city of Houston, Texas, according to the Houston Airport System. Airport authorities shut down the runway immediately for repairs,…

Baghdad, May 14 (UNI) An Iraqi army officer and four soldiers were killed, and six others wounded on Monday in an attack by militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Salahudin province north of the capital Baghdad, a provincial police source said. The attack occurred in the evening when IS militants struck military outposts…

Sao Paulo, May 13 (UNI) The death toll rose to 143 from the worst extreme weather to ever hit south Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, with 125 people missing and more than 600,000 evacuated, the Civil Defense agency said Sunday. In two weeks of record rainfall that has unleashed flooding and mudslides across the…

Moscow, May 13 (UNI) The death toll climbed to 14 from the collapse of the residential building in Russia’s Belgorod, a city some 40 km north of the border with Ukraine, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Sunday. “The body of the ninth victim has been found under the debris of the building in…