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Dakar, Apr 3 (UNI) Newly-elected Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has appointed Ousmane Sonko, leader of the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (PASTEF) party, as prime minister, an official of the presidency announced Tuesday. Sonko, 49, is the current mayor of Ziguinchor and the leader of the PASTEF party, which was…

Tokyo, Apr 3 (UNI) Japan’s weather agency on Wednesday downgraded a tsunami warning for islands of the southern Okinawa prefecture to a tsunami advisory, while still urging people there to stay away from coastal areas. A 30-centimeter tsunami was observed at the island of Yonaguni at 9:18 a.m. local time, while small waves of 20…

Cairo, (UNI) Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took the constitutional oath on Tuesday as president of Egypt for a third consecutive term in office, serving until 2030, the state-run Nile TV reported. In an aired ceremony held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Parliament in the New Administrative Capital, Sisi vowed to “protect the republican system, respect the…

Taipei/Beijing, Apr 3 (UNI) A 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the sea area near Hualien of China’s Taiwan at 7:58 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), followed by multiple aftershocks, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.81 degrees north latitude and 121.74 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 12 km, said…

Beijing, Apr 2 (UNI) China’s National Meteorological Center renewed a blue alert on Tuesday for rainstorms as heavy downpours are expected to lash parts of the country. From Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning, heavy rainfall is forecast to hit parts of Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, said the center. The center…

TOKYO, Apr 2 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Japan’s northern prefecture of Iwate early on Tuesday, according to the country’s weather agency. The temblor occurred at 04:24 a.m. local time at a depth of 80 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, which peaks at 7, said…

Gaza, Apr 2 (UNI) At least five employees of the non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization were killed on Monday night in an Israeli airstrike while driving in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, said the Hamas-run government media office. The victims include four foreign aid workers and one Palestinian, the…

Moscow, (UNI) The rescue operation at the Pioneer gold mine in Russia’s Far East region of Amur has officially been halted, as the 13 miners trapped in ruins were declared dead, local media reported on Monday. A landslide occurred at the mine on the evening of March 18 local time, trapping 13 miners under the…