Yangon, May 24 (UNI) About 60 shops were destroyed in a fire in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the information team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported late Thursday. The fire broke out at around 3:15 p.m. local time on Thursday at the market of Thet Kal Pyin village in Sittwe township, Rakhine state, the information…
Prague, May 24 (UNI) The president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, was injured while riding a motorbike and taken to a hospital for observation, the president’s office said on social media. “The injuries are not serious but will require a brief observation in the hospital,” the office said on X on Thursday. The president…
N’djamena, May 24 (UNI) Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby has appointed Allah-Maye Halina, the country’s ambassador to China, as the country’s prime minister, Chadian newspaper Al Wihda has reported. On Wednesday, Chadian Transitional Prime Minister Succes Masra announced that he had tendered his resignation along with the transitional government following the presidential election in the…
Port Moresby, May 24 (UNI) More than 100 people may have been killed in a landslide that hit a remote village in Papua New Guinea early Friday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing residents. The landslide hit the remote village of Kaokalam in the Oceania country’s Enga Province, located approximately 600 kilometres (373 miles) from…
New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) Stage is set for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in which as many as 58 Lok Sabha seats, seats, including all seven constituencies of Delhi will go to the poll on May 25. In this phase, the voting will occur in 6 states and two Union territories. All…
New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order on a plea by an NGO seeking that ECI should upload the voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of the conclusion of polling for each phase of Lok Sabha election and said, “We are also responsible…
Washington, May 24 (UNI) Former President Donald Trump said during a campaign rally in New York City that he believes most of the hostages in Gaza are dead. “Many of the hostages that you’re waiting for, and everybody’s waiting for those hostages, many of them are dead,” Trump said on Thursday. “Many of them are…
Madrid, May 24 (UNI) At least four people have been killed and 21 have been injured as a result of a building collapse on the Spanish island of Mallorca in the city of Palma, a local rescue service has said. “Latest information on building collapse on Cartago Street at Playa de Palma: 4 people dead,…
Hanoi, May 24 (UNI) A fire at a rental building in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi killed 14 people and injured three others early Friday, local media reported. The building, which covers an area of 100 square meters, is located in a narrow alley approximately two meters wide and about 200 meters from Trung Kinh street, making…
Abu Dhabi, May 24 (UNI) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced $10 billion in investment in promising sectors of Pakistan’s economy, according to a statement following talks between UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Abu Dhabi. “The sides agreed to strengthen and support Pakistan’s economy,…
