200 patients forced to evacuate over fire at Daegu hospital in S Korea
Seoul, July 13 : About 200 patients were forced to evacuate from a hospital in the South Korean city of Daegu early on Thursday due to a fire, the Yonhap news agency reports, citing South Korea’s fire officials. The fire of unknown origin broke out at 3 a.m. local time (18:00 GMT on Wednesday) at […]
More than 64,000 people enter Ethiopia from Sudan: UN
Addis Ababa, July 13 :The number of people entering Ethiopia from Sudan has surpassed 64,000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. The IOM, a UN migration agency, in its latest situation update issued Wednesday, said the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to neighbouring countries. […]
China renews yellow alert for high temperatures
Beijing, July 13:China’s national observatory on Thursday renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures as heatwaves scorch vast swathes of the country. During daylight hours on Thursday, temperatures in parts of Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong, Hainan and Xinjiang are forecast at 35 to 36 degrees Celsius, according to the National Meteorological […]
6.6-magnitude quake hits 274 km NNE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda
New York, July 11 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 274 km NNE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda, at 20:28:25 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 20.02 degrees north latitude and 61.10 degrees west longitude.
9 killed in wholesale market fire in central Mexico
Mexico City, July 11 :At least nine people were killed and one was injured in a fire at a wholesale food distribution center in Toluca, capital of the central State of Mexico, local authorities said Monday. The state’s Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that the fire on early Monday affected several businesses “located […]
Earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta, July 7: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua on Friday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The agency reported the quake occurred at 11:25 a.m. Jakarta time (0425 GMT) with its epicenter being at 42 km northwest of Jayapura district and a depth of 28 km under-land, the agency said. […]
Fire in Italy leaves six people killed, over 80 hospitalized
Milan, July 7 :Six people have died and more than 80 have been hospitalized as a result of a blaze at a nursing home for elderly in the Italian city of Milan, local media reported Friday. The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that fire started around 1:30 a.m. local time (23:30 GMT on Thursday). Six […]
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over alleged trade secret theft involving threads
Washington, July 7 : Twitter has sent a letter to its rival Meta (banned in Russia as an extremist organization) threatening to sue over the latter’s new social media platform Threads for luring former Twitter employees to create a copycat application, Semafor reported. Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights and demands that […]
At least 26 killed after bus plunges off cliff in southern Mexico
Mexico City, July 6 : At least 26 people were killed and about 20 injured on Wednesday after a bus coming from Mexico City plunged off a cliff on a highway in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, local authorities confirmed on Thursday. The accident occurred in the early morning in the municipality of Magdalena […]
8 killed after bus from US overturns in Mexico
Mexico City, July 4 : At least eight people were killed and another 30 injured on Monday when a passenger bus traveling from the United States overturned on the Zacatecas-Saltillo highway in central Mexico. The accident occurred at around 6:30 a.m. local time (1230 GMT) in Rocamontes District of the city of Concepcion de Oro, […]