Dams strain as water, death toll, keep rising in south Brazil
AFP : The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 Friday, officials said, as they warned...
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Philippine bishops instruct flock to pray for rain, heat relief
AFP, MANILA : Catholic bishops in the Philippines are pitching in to seek divine relief from the extreme heatwave scorching the country, instructing their flock...
India, Japan dismiss Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ comment
Aljazeera : India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US allies “xenophobic” countries who do not welcome immigrants, and grouping the...
Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’
Al Jazeera : The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 29, with at least 60...
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
Reuters : Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defense official told Reuters, a...
China rocket blasts off for far side of Moon
BBC Online : China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world...
20 killed in bus accident in Pakistan’s mountainside
AFP : At least 20 people died while 21 others were injured on Friday morning when a passenger bus overturned on the Karakoram Highway in...
Hamas considering latest Gaza truce offer in positive spirit
AFP : Hamas says it is considering in a “positive spirit” a Gaza truce deal, while the UN warned rebuilding the devastated Palestinian territory would...
10 Maoist rebels killed by Indian security forces
Reuters : Indian security forces killed at least 10 Maoist rebels in a gun battle in the forests of central India on Tuesday, police said,...
143 killed in Pakistan’s unusually heavy April rains
AFP : At least 143 people died in Pakistan from lightning strikes and other storm-related incidents in April, with the country receiving more than twice...
25 dead in Peru after bus plunges into ravine
AFP : At least 25 people died and more than a dozen were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine from a mountain road...
Ecuador sues Mexico over asylum decision at World Court
Reuters : Ecuador said on Monday it is suing Mexico at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), asking the UN tribunal known as the World...