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Los Angeles, May 6 (UNI) Seven people were shot and injured outside a nightclub in Southern California port city Long Beach late Saturday, authorities said on Sunday. The Long Beach Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to reports of a shooting around 11:15 p.m. local time Saturday (0615 GMT Sunday). “Upon…

Jakarta, May 6 (UNI) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province on Monday morning without triggering giant waves, the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency said. The agency had initially reported the magnitude as 6.1 before revising it. The undersea earthquake occurred at 01:33 a.m. Jakarta time (1833 GMT Sunday) with its epicenter situated…

Sao Paulo, May 6 (UNI) At least 75 people have died from severe storms that inundated large swaths of south Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29, the Civil Defense agency said in its latest report released Sunday. Another 155 people have been injured with 103 still missing, while 107,600 people have been…

Washington, May 6 (UNI) One person was killed and 23 others injured in a bus crash in U.S. state of Maryland early Sunday, authorities said. Police responded to the scene of a single vehicle bus crash on I-95 Interstate Highway in Harford County shortly after 6:00 a.m. local time (1000 GMT), said Maryland State Police…

Tel Aviv, May 5 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that his government was ready to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, which he accused of making unacceptable demands. “Hamas continues making extreme demands. Their main demand is that we withdraw all our troops from the Gaza Strip, put…

Tehran, May 5 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Saturday exchanged views on the latest joint efforts to improve bilateral ties. In a meeting on the sidelines of the 15th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Banjul, capital of The…

Houston, (UNI) More than 600 people have been rescued from flooded areas around Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, as a flood watch continues through Sunday afternoon in eastern Texas. More rainfall was forecast, raising the risk of major flooding. “The next round of heavy rainfall is expected late (Saturday) into Sunday,” National Weather Service…

Sao Paulo, May 5 (UNI) The death toll from heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 56, with 67 missing, 32,900 evacuated and at least 356,000 without electricity, the Civil Defense agency said Saturday. Heavy rains in the state for nearly a week have so far affected…

Gaza, May 5 (UNI) No positive progress has been made in the Gaza truce talks on Saturday, a source from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the negotiations encountered challenges due to Israel’s insistence on not committing to a (permanent) ceasefire. Hamas demanded in…

Kinshasa, May 5 (UNI) At least 14 people were killed and 35 others injured, mainly women and children, after rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) dropped “around 10” bombs on Friday on three sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a local official said on Saturday. The…