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Kuwait City/New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) Over 45 people have died, mostly Indian nationals, in a fire that broke out at a workers’ accommodation in Mangaf in Kuwait’s southern Ahmadi governorate on Wednesday, local media reports said. According to the Kuwait Local website, “the majority of the deceased are Indian nationals”. It said that several…
Washington, June 12 (UNI) US President Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy will have a chance to sit down for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy later this week to discuss support for Kiev amid the ongoing onflict with Russia, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said on…
Minsk, June 12 (UNI) Moscow supports the application of Belarus to become a member state of the BRICS bloc of countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has told Belarusian broadcaster CTB. “We support the application of Belarus to BRICS,” Ryabkov said on Tuesday. The deputy foreign minister added that Belarus “is strong in all…
Washington, June 12 (UNI) US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has filed a motion to drop his lawsuit against OpenAI, a court filing revealed. Musk’s legal team filed a request for dismissal in the Superior Court of California on Tuesday but did not disclose a reason for the motion. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, had…
Moscow, June 12 (UNI) The Palestinian movement Hamas has rejected a proposal on freeing hostages, which was presented by US President Joe Biden, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing an Israeli official. The official also said that Israel has received a response from Hamas via the mediators, adding that the movement changed the main parameters of…
Washington, June 12 (UNI) Four people were shot at Peachtree Center Food Court in Atlanta on Tuesday, leading to a lockdown of the building, Mayor Andre Dickens said. “Four people shot at Peachtree Center Food Court. Building is now on lockdown. I am at the public safety HQ with chief. More information to come,” Dickens…
Cairo, June 11 (UNI) About 660,000 refugees are registered in Egypt, most of them Sudanese, a spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Christine Beshay, said. A significant increase in the number of refugees occurred due to the crisis in Sudan, Beshay told reporters in Cairo on Monday, adding that…
Amsterdam, June 11 (UNI) The municipality of the Dutch capital of Amsterdam will stop using cameras made in China over concerns about human rights violations and spying, Dutch newspaper NL Times reported, citing city council member Alexander Scholtes. In May 2023, the Amsterdam city council passed a motion calling on local authorities to stop using…
Washington, June 11 (UNI) U.S. authorities have completely reopened the primary shipping route to the Port of Baltimore on Monday following an extensive cleanup endeavor, a few months after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which killed six workers. In a news release on Monday evening, officials said the reopening follows a significant…
Washington, June 11 (UNI) The US administration has lifted the ban on arms supplies to Ukraine’s Azov battalion, The Washington Post newspaper reported, citing the US State Department. The formation has passed the State Department’s inspection for compliance with the Leahy Law, the report added. The law prohibits the provision of US military assistance to…
