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Washington, July 26 (UNI) The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is not and should not become an issue in the China-US relationship, and any conflict between Beijing and Washington would cause “unimaginable consequences” for the entire world, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has told an event held in the Chinese Embassy. “The Ukraine…
Colombo, July 26 (UNI) Sri Lanka’s Election Commission announced on Friday that the country’s presidential election will be held on Sept. 21. The Election Commission also announced Aug. 15 as the date of nomination of candidates for the election of the president, according to the gazette notification issued in this regard. The term of the…
Rome, July 26 (UNI) Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni on Thursday reiterated commitment to de-escalation of the war on a regional level while expressing strong concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza. She made the remarks when meeting with visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog, according to a government statement. Meloni also called on Israel to…
Moscow, July 26 (UNI) The defendant in the Moscow car bombing case, Yevgeny Serebryakov, has been detained in the Turkish city of Bodrum and delivered to Russia, the public relations department of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday. On Wednesday morning, two people were injured in a car explosion in the courtyard…
Algiers, July 26 (UNI) The National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) validated the candidacy requests of three individuals for the presidential election scheduled for September 7 in Algeria, state-run television ENTV reported on Thursday. According to the report, Mohamed Chorfi, the head of ANIE, held a press briefing to unveil the list of candidates for…
Bamako, July 26 (UNI) At least 16 people were killed and 48 others were injured, including six in serious condition, following a head-on collision between two buses in central Mali on Thursday, local authorities said. The accident took place at around 8:30 a.m. local time Thursday on National Road 6 in Ouan, central Mali, causing…
Fuzhou, July 26 (UNI) As of 6 a.m. Friday, about 628,600 people in east China’s Fujian Province had been affected by Typhoon Gaemi, the third typhoon of this year, with some 290,000 residents relocated so far, said local authorities. With a maximum wind speed of 118.8 km per hour at its center, the typhoon made…
Panama City, July 25 (UNI) At least 10 undocumented migrants drowned when a sudden rush of river water swept them away as they were attempting to cross Panama’s Darien Gap on foot, the National Border Service said Wednesday. According to the National Border Service, the Public Ministry was informed of the incident in the event…
Mexico City, July 25 (UNI) The number of people killed after three containers exploded at a tequila distillery in the western Mexican town of Tequila has risen to six, local authorities said Wednesday. Following cooling and debris removal work, state and municipal firefighters discovered the body of a sixth factory worker “inside a retention pit,…
Bogota, July 25 (UNI) A drone attack on a soccer field in southwest Colombia’s Cauca department killed 10 people, including a minor, Tuesday night, military officials said Wednesday. The attack was carried out by dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group, in the El Plateado district of the city of Argelia,…
