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Washington, July 30 (UNI) The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez, a health scientist and longtime civil servant, to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has seen massive layoffs and leadership uncertainty in recent months. Monarez became U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for CDC director after the…
Tokyo, July 30 (UNI) Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for wide areas along the Pacific coast on Wednesday morning following a powerful earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The warning, issued at 9:40 a.m. local time, raises the earlier advisory to a full alert, with waves up to 3 meters…
Beijing, July 30 (UNI) A 7.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the far offshore area east of the Kamchatka Peninsula at 7:24 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 52.40 degrees north latitude and 160.20 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km, said…
New York, July 30 (UNI) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted stronger global economic growth than it forecast in April in part due to some US tariffs on goods being softened. A surge in US imports as firms tried to beat impending higher import taxes and actions by some governments to boost growth bumped…
Vladivostok, July 30 (UNI) A 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday struck near Severo-Kurilsk, a town in Russia’s Sakhalin region, prompting a tsunami warning and the evacuation of residents from potentially hazardous areas, regional governor Valery Limarenko said on social media. Emergency services are operating in enhanced mode, assisting residents as they move to higher ground…
Gaza, July 29 (UNI) At least 30 Palestinians were killed Tuesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting residential homes in al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, said a local hospital. The victims, mostly women and children, were killed in a heavy aerial bombardment in the “New Camp” area north of Nuseirat, one…
Manila, July 29 (UNI) A passenger bus rolled off a highway in Bohol province in central Philippines on Tuesday morning, injuring 15 Filipinos, police said. Police said the crash occurred before 9 a.m. local time while the bus was negotiating a sharp curve along a highway in Bilar town. Emergency workers rushed to the scene…
Pyongyang/Moscow, July 29 (UNI) After years of hiatus, direct flights between Pyongyang and Moscow have resumed due to demand from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Russia, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday. The first passenger plane flying from Moscow arrived at Pyongyang International Airport on Monday about eight…
New York, July 29 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted Macquarie Island region at 2210 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 57.81 degrees south latitude and 157.16 degrees east longitude.
Beijing, July 29 (UNI) The latest round of heavy rainstorms has left 30 people dead in Beijing as of midnight Monday, the Beijing municipal flood control headquarters said Tuesday. The deaths occurred in Beijing’s northern mountainous districts, with 28 in Miyun and two in Yanqing. A total of 80,332 people have been relocated across the…
