International News/World News
Washington, Nov. 10 (UNI) As the U.S. federal government shutdown entered its 40th day on Sunday, more than 2,000 flights were cancelled and over 8,000 delayed nationwide, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Since the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) mandated flight reduction policy took effect on Friday, the number of cancelled flights surged from 202…
Wellington, Nov. 10 (UNI) The forest fire in New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park continued to blaze on Monday, with the fire size likely to have increased from the estimated 2,500 hectares, said Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Conditions are misty in the Tongariro National Park on Monday morning, which has helped limit the growth of…
Moscow, Nov 9 (UNI/SPUTNIK) The US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are consistently providing more and more tax breaks to large corporations, which is expected to increase the country’s budget deficit, the New York Times reported. The Treasury Department and the IRS, through a series of new notices and proposed regulations, are…
Cairo, Nov 9 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Syria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the United States on an official visit, the Syrian news agency SANA reports. The Syrian leader’s visit to Washington will be the first since the country gained independence in 1946. Earlier, the United States lifted sanctions against al-Sharaa ahead of his visit to…
La Paz, Nov. 9 (UNI) Rodrigo Paz was sworn in as the constitutional president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the 2025-2030 term, in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly building in downtown La Paz on Saturday. The inauguration marked the formal beginning of Bolivia’s new political cycle following the recent general elections. Paz took the…
Gaza/Jerusalem, Nov. 9 (UNI) A Palestinian was killed and another wounded in two Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday, according to Palestinian sources. In the first attack, Israeli tanks fired shells and opened heavy machine-gun fire toward Palestinians east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza, killing one Palestinian man, according to sources at Gaza’s…
Sao Paulo, Nov 9 (UNI) The death toll from a tornado that struck Brazil’s southern state of Parana on Friday night rose to six, with around 750 people injured and at least one person missing, authorities said Saturday. Several homes and buildings were destroyed in the town of Rio Bonito do Iguacu, which rescue teams…
Moscow, Nov 9 (UNI/SPUTNIK) More than 5,000 flights in the United States were either cancelled or delayed on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to data from the online flight-tracking service FlightAware. Earlier in the day, the service had reported 3,207 affected flights. By the evening, FlightAware recorded a total of 4,356 delays for…
Beijing, Nov. 9 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 125 km east of Yamada, Japan, at 2215 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 19.2 km, was initially determined to be at 39.49 degrees north latitude and 143.40 degrees east longitude.
Sydney, Nov. 7 (UNI) A fire broke out in the brakes of a Virgin Australia flight shortly after landing at Brisbane Airport in Australia on Thursday night, triggering an emergency response. Virgin Australia said on Friday that none of the 178 passengers and crew on board the flight were injured. The brake system of the…
