Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Jan 2 (UNI) Over 350 people, most of them patients, had a narrow escape, after a major fire broke out in Ramanathapuram Government Medical College Hospital on Wednesday midnight. Police said here on Thursday morning that the fire was reported at the electrical control room on the second floor of a block…
Sao Paulo, Jan. 2 (UNI) The death toll rose to 12 from the collapse of a bridge in northern Brazil on Dec. 22 after two more bodies were recovered from the Tocantins River, the Brazilian Navy said Wednesday. Five people are still missing since the accident occurred on the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge along…
Washington, Jan 2 (UNI) US billionaire Elon Musk has said that the senior team of the Tesla company is investigating the incident with the explosion of the Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas. “The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. Will post more information as soon as we learn anything. We’ve never…
Sao Paulo, Jan. 2 (UNI) At least five people were killed and several others injured on New Year’s Eve in a multi-car crash in southern Brazil, local authorities said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on a state highway near a town in southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, said municipal police in Sao Miguel…
Ramallah, Jan. 2 (UNI) Palestinian authorities suspended broadcast operations of Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network in Palestine, citing its failure to meet regulations, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported Wednesday. The Palestinian Ministerial Committee, comprising representatives from the ministries of culture, interior, and telecommunications, “also ordered the temporary suspension of work by all journalists,…
Paris, Jan 2 (UNI) Nearly 1,000 cars have been burnt down in France, and around 400 people have been detained over the New Year’s night, the BFMTV broadcaster has reported. Overnight on January 1, a total of 984 vehicles were set on fire, the broadcaster said, citing the Interior Ministry, adding that 420 people were…
Moscow, Jan 2 (UNI) Air defenses destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh, Bryansk and Rostov regions from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Moscow time (1430-1700 GMT), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “On January 1 this year, between 17:30 and 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 19…
Jerusalem, Jan 2 (UNI) Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant has submitted his resignation from the country’s parliament, Knesset, the Times of Israel newspaper reported on Thursday. However, Galant remains a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, the newspaper said, citing the ex-minister’s live statement. Galant reportedly explains his decision by disagreement with…
Beijing, Jan 2 (UNI) A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Yongning County in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Thursday at 10:01 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at 38.4 degrees north latitude and 106.22 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of…
Belgrade, Jan 1 (UNI) Seven people, including two children, were killed in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon in Cetinje, a town in southwest Montenegro, the national broadcaster RTCG reported. It also said the incident happened at around 3 P.M. local time, reportedly starting with a violent confrontation in a local cafe. The suspected gunman, 45-year-old…
