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Beijing, Aug 18 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24, at the invitation of President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the announcement…
Bogota, Aug 18 (UNI) A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit central Colombia on Thursday, causing one death and severe damage in the departments of Meta and Cundinamarca, authorities said. In Bogota, where the earthquake was strongly felt, Mayor Claudia Lopez said the city was spared serious damage but a woman died after jumping out the window of…
La Paz, Aug18 (UNI) Local authorities confirmed Thursday that the death toll rose to 20 from an overturned public bus on the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz Highway on Wednesday in Bolivia. Departmental Director of Traffic Police Colonel David Herbas told reporters that the accident occurred near the El Locotal sector in the central municipality of Colomi. A…
Hanoi, Aug 18 (UNI) Vietnam’s aviation industry faces a severe human resource shortage due to the recovery of the tourism sector and the expansion of airports across the country, local newspaper Vietnam News reported on Thursday. There is significant demand for aviation professionals in airline companies and major airports such as Tan Son Nhat International…
Los Angeles, Aug 18 (UNI) Herman Andaya, the administrator of Maui Emergency Management Agency, resigned on Thursday, citing health reasons, according to the official Facebook page of Maui County. The county’s Mayor Richard Bissen accepted the resignation. “Given the gravity of the crisis we are facing, my team and I will be placing someone in…
Stockholm, (UNI) Sweden has raise the level of terrorist threat in the country from elevated (3) to high (4) on a five-level scale, the Swedish Security Service said on Thursday. “The Director General of the Swedish Security Service has taken the decision to raise the terrorist threat level from Elevated to High. The reason for…
Samara, Russia, (UNI) The first launch of the Soyuz-5 carrier rocket, which is currently being developed by the Samara-based Rocket and Space Center Progress, is scheduled for December 2025, the developer said on Thursday. According to the materials presented to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during a tour of the center, the creation of the Soyuz-5…
Beijing, (UNI) Beijing and Washington are in contact over US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s possible visit to China, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokeswoman Shu Jueting said on Thursday. “China welcomes Raimondo’s visit to China. At present, China and the United States are in close contact regarding the upcoming visit,” Shu said at briefing in response to…
Jerusalem, Aug 17 (UNI) The United States has approved the sale of Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system to Germany in a deal valued at a record $3.5 billion for Israeli defense industry, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Thursday. “The US government has approved the historic procurement of the Arrow 3 defense system to…
San Francisco, Aug 17 (UNI) A wildfire in Siskiyou County, U.S. Northern California, prompted evacuations and road closures, officials said on Wednesday. Officials with the U.S. Forest Services estimated the size of the blaze, known as the Head Fire, to be around 2,700 acres (about 11 square kilometers) as of Wednesday. The fire exploded Tuesday…
