Congo, May 2 (UNI) The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is stepping up emergency response efforts in connection with an anthrax outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In April, Radio Okapi reported that several dozen hippos had died in a few days from anthrax in a national park in eastern DRC….
Seoul, May 2 (UNI) Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s former prime minister, on Friday announced his presidential run after stepping down on the previous day. Han told a televised press conference in the National Assembly that he will run for president in the June 3 election as he made up his mind to find what he…
London, May 2 (UNI) Britain recorded its hottest May 1st this year, the Met Office announced on social media platform X on Thursday, as the temperature at Kew Gardens in London reached 28 degrees Celsius and is continuing to rise. The Met Office noted that the previous May 1 record was 27.4 degrees Celsius, set…
Dhaka, May 2 (UNI) The Bangladeshi interim government has announced plans to establish a free trade zone (FTZ) in the country. According to a media release from the Chief Adviser’s Office, a national committee has been formed to explore the establishment of such an FTZ within a year, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported Wednesday….
Beirut, May 2 (UNI) One Lebanese and two Syrians were killed on Thursday in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center at the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. It said the Israeli army carried out a drone strike on a vehicle in Mays El Jabal, resulting…
Tehran, May 2 (UNI) Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday that the fourth round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States, scheduled for Saturday in Rome, has been postponed at the mediator Oman’s proposal. He made the announcement in an address to reporters, adding that the new dates would be announced…
Moscow, May 2 (UNI) Europe is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia, which it would like to coordinate with possible US measures in the event of a “failure” of the settlement in Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Bloomberg reported Thursday that US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and…
Berlin, May 2 (UNI) Two people were injured in a violent shooting incident in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday evening, according to local police. The incident occurred in the Kreuzberg district, where suspects fired multiple shots from one or more vehicles, Berlin police said on the social media platform X. The two victims were transported to…
New York, May 2 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Mindanao, Philippines, at 22:26:38 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 5.25 degrees north latitude and 126.33 degrees east longitude.
Los Angeles, May 2 (UNI) NASA announced Thursday that its SPHEREx space observatory has officially begun science operations, marking a major step toward uncovering new insights into the origins of the universe, the evolution of galaxies, and the building blocks of life in the Milky Way. SPHEREx will take approximately 3,600 images per day over…
