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Abidjan, June 6 (UNI) A cholera outbreak in a southern suburb of Cote d’Ivoire’s capital Abidjan has infected 45 people, causing seven deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. The outbreak that hit the coastal village of Vridi Akobrakre “is now under control as our health teams have observed no new cases for four…
Islamabad, June 3 (UNI) More than 200 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pakistan after they were moved from their cells for safety amid earthquake tremors, police said. Several dozen of the prisoners that broke out of the jail in Karachi were quickly recaptured, he said on Tuesday, but at least 130 are understood…
Sylhet, June 3 (UNI) With two major rivers flowing above the danger mark, the water level continues to rise in Bangladesh’s Sylhet district, despite the heavy rains subsiding, straining transport and communication, and waterlogging several areas. According to the Sylhet office of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Surma and Kushiyara rivers were flowing above…
Kiev, June 3 (UNI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Bucharest Nine and the Nordic Countries Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. In a post on Telegram, Zelensky said he had briefed Rutte on the outcome of the talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in…
Washington, June 3 (UNI) The U.S. Trump administration has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the federal court’s injunction that had prevented federal agencies from carrying out large-scale workforce reductions and reorganizations. In the appeal, U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer argued that “controlling the personnel of federal agencies lies at the…
Washington, June 3 (UNI) US Pardon Attorney Ed Martin informed his staff that he has been instructed to investigate the pardons issued by then-President Joe Biden during the final days of his administration, Reuters reported, citing the senior official’s email. More specifically, Martin plans to investigate whether Biden “was competent and if others were exploiting…
Seoul, June 3 (UNI) South Korea will hold a snap presidential election on Tuesday following the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol in early April. Five candidates are running for the country’s top job, but Lee Jae-myung, the candidate from the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DP), and Kim Moon-soo of the ruling conservative…
Liverpool, June 3 (UNI) The number of people injured after a car crashed into a crowd of fans in Liverpool has risen to 109, Merseyside Police said. “The number of people reported to have been injured currently stands at 109. Four people remain in hospital being treated for their injuries,” the police department said in…
Ulan Bator, June 3 (UNI) Mongolia’s parliament speaker Dashzegve Amarbayasgalan said on Tuesday that since the State Great Khural, or the parliament, did not pass the draft resolution on the vote of confidence in the prime minister, Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene was deemed to have resigned. Oyun-Erdene convened a regular meeting of the government on…
Seoul, June 3 (UNI) One woman was killed in South Korea’s sewing factory fire in the capital Seoul on Tuesday, according to Yonhap news agency. The fire broke out at about 9:35 a.m. local time (0035 GMT) from the sewing factory on the second floor of a five-story building in Seoul for an unidentified reason….
