Bratislava, Mar 24 (UNI) Former Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok won the first round of the presidential election in Slovakia with 42.51% of the votes, while his opponent, the head of the Slovak parliament, Peter Pellegrini, received 37.02%, the data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed on Sunday. The turnout in the…
Jakarta, Mar 24 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 85 km SE of Ende, Indonesia at 0304 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 49.5 km, was initially determined to be at 9.44 degrees south latitude and 122.15 degrees east longitude.
Washington, Mar 24 (UNI) U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a 1.2-trillion-U.S. dollar funding package, a few hours after missing the deadline to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the package on Friday, and the Senate early Saturday morning, about two hours after the…
Port Moresby, Mar 24 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 27 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea at 2250 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 75.0 km, was initially determined to be at 4.10 degrees south latitude and 143.03 degrees east longitude.
Sanaa, Mar 24 (UNI) A vessel was hit by an unidentified projectile and caught fire 23 nautical miles west of Yemen’s port of Mocha, also known as Al Mukha, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday, adding that the blaze was put out by the crew. “UKMTO is aware of an incident…
Cairo, Mar 24 (UNI) The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, said that a 34-year-old Israeli hostage died from a lack of medicine and food. “We inform about the death of a 34-year-old Zionist [Israeli] hostage … as a result of a lack of medicine and food,” the military said in a…
Hyderabad, Mar 23 (UNI) Union Minister and Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President G. Kishan Reddy rebuked former Telangana Chief Minister KCR’s condemnation of Delhi CM Kejriwal’s arrest in the liquor scam, likening it to the Guruvinda Ginja proverb (refers to people that don’t recognize their own faults). Speaking to the media at party state…
Moscow, Mar 23 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday declared March 24 a day of nationwide mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow. “I declare March 24th a day of national mourning,” Putin said in his address to Russians after the attack. A shooting…
Lucknow, Mar 23 (UNI) Reacting on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath strongly asserted on Saturday that adherence to the law is paramount for everyone, regardless of their position or influence. During a discussion on a private news channel, Yogi said, “In our nation, democracy prevails, allowing individuals like Arvind…
Kolkata, Mar 23 (UNI) Reacting sharply to the CBI raid at Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra’s residence in the cash-for-query case, party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh alleged on Saturday that the BJP has weaponised central investigative agencies to carry out politically-motivated witch-hunts against opposition leaders. Ghosh said, “The BJP has weaponised Central Investigative Agencies to carry…
