Luanda, Mar 2 (UNI) The number of people killed in the latest cholera outbreak in Angola has risen to 201, the country’s Health Ministry announced. A total of 5,574 people have been infected since early January, the ministry said in a press release on Friday. Cholera cases have been reported in 13 of Angola’s 21…
Moscow, Mar 2 (UNI) Russia’s Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said. Carrying a total of 2,599 kg of supplies, the Progress MS-30 delivered 1,179 kg of equipment, clothing, food supplies, and medical and hygiene products….
Los Angeles, Mar 2 (UNI) More than 1,000 fire hydrants across Los Angeles needed repair prior to the devastating wildfires in January, reported the Los Angeles Times Saturday. But the Los Angeles Fire Department did not inform the city’s Department of Water and Power (LADWP) until mid-February despite being aware of the issues months before,…
Tel Aviv, Mar 2 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, to Moscow to coordinate and strengthen cooperation, taking into account security interests, the Ynet portal reported on Saturday, citing its sources. Gofman is expected to hold a series of meetings on security issues, the publication said. According…
Tunis, Mar 2 (UNI) A maritime unit in Tunisia’s eastern province of Mahdia has rescued 64 people who were stranded at sea while attempting to reach Europe, the Tunisian General Directorate of Customs said in a statement via its Facebook account on Saturday. The 64 people of various nationalities were found Friday evening aboard a…
Tokyo, Mar 2 (UNI) The wildfire in Ofunato City of Japan’s Iwate Prefecture is continuing to spread, with the burnt area expanding to approximately 1,800 hectares as of 6 a.m. local time on Sunday. There, which began on Feb. 26, has affected wide areas, with the spread intensifying north and west of central Sanriku-cho Ryoiri….
Kampala, Mar 2 (UNI) Uganda on Saturday announced the second Ebola death in its capital, Kampala, just days after discharging all Ebola patients whom authorities said had fully recovered following isolation and treatment. A four-and-a-half-year-old child died from Ebola at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala on Tuesday, Uganda’s Ministry of Health said in a…
Montevideo, Mar 2 (UNI) Yamandu Orsi was sworn in Saturday as Uruguayan president for a five-year term. Orsi, from the left-wing coalition the Broad Front, took the oath of office in parliament a little more than three months after defeating his center-right rival Alvaro Delgado in a tightly contested election. Born in June, 1967, Orsi…
Tel Aviv, Mar 2 (UNI) The United States proposed a new plan for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, since it is currently impossible to overcome the differences between Israel and Palestinian movement Hamas regarding a complete end to the war, and Israel agrees to the new plan, while Hamas has so far refused,…
London, Mar 2 (UNI) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. During their meeting at Downing Street, Starmer said Ukraine has “full backing across the United Kingdom.” He stressed Britain’s “unwavering determination” to achieve lasting peace. Britain and Ukraine have agreed a loan of 2.26 billion pounds (2.84…
