China renews blue alert for rainstorms

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…

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6.1-magnitude quake strikes northern Japan

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…

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Highway crash kills 4, injures over 30 in Bolivia

La Paz, Apr 2 (UNI) Four people were killed and about 36 others injured when a passenger bus plunged off the road after colliding with another vehicle on a highway in southern Bolivia, local police said on Monday. The accident occurred Sunday night near the town of Yotala in the southern department of Chuquisaca, said…

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5 NGO workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza

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…

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