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Hong Kong, Aug 5 (UNI) The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday morning issued the black rainstorm warning signal, the fourth time within eight days. This is the highest level in the observatory’s three-tier heavy rain alert system. This indicates that heavy rain has fallen or is expected to fall generally over Hong Kong, exceeding 70…

Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 5 (UNI) In a tragic incident, a bridge span under construction across the Achankovil River collapsed, causing seven workers to fall into the water, of whom five swam to safety, one died and another remains missing. The deceased has been identified as Binu, a resident of Kizhakkekkara Vadakke Binu Bhavan, Thrikkunnappuzha, whose…

Jerusalem, Aug 5 (UNI) A group of some 600 retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of intelligence agencies, have written to US President Donald Trump to pressure Israel to immediately end the war in Gaza, reports BBC. “It is our professional judgement that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat to Israel,” the officials…

New York, Aug 5 (UNI) In a significant development, the board of American automaker Tesla has agreed to give its CEO Elon Musk another huge pay package worth about US$29 billion. The company’s latest pay package comes several months after a Delaware court rejected for a second time Musk’s 2018 performance award following a shareholder…

Pretoria, Aug 5 (UNI) A White South African farm owner and two employees are facing trial over the alleged murder of two Black women who were shot dead for trespassing last August and their bodies fed to pigs – stoking fury in a nation already reeling from racial tensions. The women were killed by Zachariah…

Brasília, Aug 5 (UNI) The Supreme Court of Brazil has ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election. Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order Monday, saying Bolsonaro had failed to comply with restrictions previously imposed on…

Moscow, Aug 4 (UNI) A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred today near the Russian town of Severo-Kurilsk in the northern Kuril Islands, south of Kamchatka, Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station, told Sputnik. “A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean on August 4 at 3:20 pm local time [04:20 GMT]. The…

Jerusalem/Sanaa, Aug. 4 (UNI) The Israeli military said on Sunday it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen. In a statement, the military said sirens in Bnei Netzarim, southern Israel, were activated by “a hostile aircraft infiltration” of a drone launched from Yemen. It added that the drone was intercepted and no injuries were reported. Yemen’s…

Mexico City, Aug. 4 (UNI )At least seven inmates were killed and 11 others injured after a riot broke out at a prison on Saturday afternoon in the city of Tuxpan in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the state’s Secretariat of Public Security said Sunday. National Guard troops, along with personnel from the National…

Johannesburg, Aug 4 (UNI) South Africa is enhancing security at ports of entry by introducing measures such as the use of drones and traceable stamps, an official from the Border Management Authority (BMA) said on Sunday. Michael Masiapato, commissioner of the BMA, made the remarks while briefing the media about some new security measures to…