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Mexico City, Oct. 22 (UNI) Peruvian President Jose Jeri declared on Tuesday a 30-day state of emergency for the capital Lima and the neighboring Callao region to tackle worsening public security. In a national address, Jeri said the Cabinet had approved a decree to impose the emergency measure, which will take effect at midnight on…

Tianjin, Oct. 22 (UNI) Airbus on Wednesday inaugurated its latest Final Assembly Line (FAL) for A320 family aircraft in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, the second of its kind in both China and Asia as a whole. The new facility will double the A320 family’s final assembly capacity in China, demonstrating Airbus’ confidence…

Beijing, Oct. 22 (UNI) China’s national observatory on Wednesday issued a yellow alert for typhoon Fengshen, the 24th typhoon of the year, as it is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the country’s southern regions. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, it was located over the waters of the South China…

The Hague, Oct. 22 (UNI) The Netherlands has confirmed its first case of a new, more transmissible variant of mpox, Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Jan Anthonie Bruijn said in a letter to parliament on Tuesday. The infection, identified on Oct. 17, is the first time the mpox variant 1b has been detected in…

Washington, Oct. 22 (UNI) A planned meeting in Hungary between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been postponed on Tuesday, with no new date set, according to U.S. and Russian officials. Preparations for a possible meeting in Budapest, Hungary, were put on hold following what was described as a “constructive but…

Jerusalem, Oct 22 (UNI) The implementation of a Gaza ceasefire agreement is “going better than expected” and the truce can hold, US Vice-President JD Vance has said during a visit to Israel. Vance also warned that “if Hamas does not co-operate, it will be obliterated”, while refusing to give a deadline for when the Palestinian…

Melbourne, Oct. 22 (UNI) Millions of Australians were warned to prepare for severe weather conditions on Wednesday as heatwaves and damaging winds swept across the country. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Wednesday morning issued severe weather warnings for damaging winds in the east coast states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria as well…

Quito, Oct 22 (UNI) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Arenillas, a municipality in Ecuador’s coastal province of El Oro, on Tuesday evening, according to the country’s Geophysical Institute. The quake occurred at a depth of 83 km and was recorded at 7:05 p.m. local time (0005 GMT), the institute said on social media platform X….

Paris, Oct 22 (UNI) Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Not since World War Two Nazi collaborationist leader Philippe Pétain was jailed for treason in 1945 has any…

Paris, Oct 22 (UNI) Jewellery allegedly stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a daring daylight robbery has been valued at 88 million euros (£76m; $102m), a French public prosecutor has said, citing the museum’s curator. Laure Beccuau told RTL radio the sum was “extraordinary” but said the greater loss was to France’s historical heritage. Crown…