Seoul, Oct. 21 (UNI) A fire broke out in a high-rise building in South Korea’s capital Seoul on Tuesday, with no casualties reported yet, Yonhap news agency reported. The fire occurred in the 16-storey building near Seoul Plaza in central Seoul at around 9:46 a.m. local time (0046 GMT). No casualties were found yet from…
New York, Oct. 21 (UNI) A global exhibition titled “Shared Lives, Shared Future” was launched Monday at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York to mark the United Nations’ 80th anniversary. The exhibition features more than 200 stories from 193 countries, highlighting how the world’s most crucial international organization impacts people’s lives often in…
Beirut, Oct. 21 (UNI) Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday. Israeli drones flew intensively and at low altitudes over the villages of Al-Zahrani in southern Lebanon, and over Beirut and its southern suburbs, said the report. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it targeted Hezbollah’s…
Kampala, Oct. 21 (UNI) Host Uganda opened the 2025 Victoria Series campaign on a winning note by beating Canada by seven wickets on Monday. The visitors elected to bat first but were 67 all out in 19 overs at the Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala. Powered by a disciplined bowling performance from Kevin Amuge and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in Kerala this afternoon for a four-day official visit from October 21 to 24, featuring a series of significant spiritual, cultural, and educational engagements across the state. The President is scheduled to land at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport at 2.30 pm aboard a special Indian Air Force…
Sao Paulo, Oct. 21 (UNI) The death toll from methanol-tainted distilled beverages in Brazil has risen to nine, with another seven deaths still under investigation, the Health Ministry said Monday. The adulteration of distilled drinks such as gin, vodka and whiskey with methanol, an alcohol unfit for human consumption, occurred in September at bars and…
Caracas, (UNI) Twelve bodies have been recovered following a mine collapse in Venezuela’s southern Bolivar state, Governor Yulisbeth Garcia said Monday. Rescuers recovered the bodies at the Cuatro Esquinas mine in the town of El Callao after 168 hours of continuous search efforts, the official said on social media. The collapse, caused by heavy rains…
London, Oct. 21 (UNI) Brentford claimed its first Premier League away win of the season with a commanding 2-0 victory over West Ham, spoiling Nuno Espirito Santo’s first home match in charge of the struggling Hammers. The visitors, who had lost all three of their previous away league games, were the superior side throughout as…
Seoul, Oct. 21 (UNI) Two-time Olympian Hwang Sun-woo set a new Asian record in the men’s 200-meter freestyle at its national sports festival in Busan. Hwang finished with a time of one minute 43.92 seconds on Monday, surpassing the previous record of 1:44.39 set by China’s Olympic champion Sun Yang at the 2017 World Championships…
Nicosia, (UNI) The Cypriot government will seek stronger United Nations efforts to resume talks on Cyprus reunification following the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Monday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Tufan Erhurman, who won Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot election by a large margin, and reaffirmed his readiness to resume…
