BSS :At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in nearly two decades triggered a massive landslide in capital Quito, authorities said.Torrents of water...
Al Jazeera :Iran’s parliament has temporarily suspended its sessions because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among MPs as the Omicron variant spreads across the country at an explosive rate.Senior lawmaker Nezam Mousavi announced on...
BSS : President Joe Biden said on Monday that the United States was pursuing diplomacy to resolve the crisis brewing around Ukraine but warned Russia that “we are ready no matter what happens.”“Today in...
BSS : Pakistan on Monday reported 5,327 new COVID-19 cases and 32 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.The NCOC, a department leading the nation’s campaign against the pandemic,...
BSS : Washington and Moscow’s top diplomats plan to talk by phone on the Ukraine crisis in another attempt at diplomacy.The call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...
BSS : The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic posed a threat to human and environmental health.The tens of thousands of tonnes of...
Reuters :A court in army-ruled Myanmar will start an election fraud trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb 14, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Monday, after she was...
Reuters :A coalition of Christians and Catholics on Monday called on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to drop charges against media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other political activists jailed or in custody under a...
BSS :Australia flew a small team of emergency medical specialists to Honiara on Saturday after the Solomon Islands requested help in battling a worsening outbreak of Covid-19.Australian officials said the team of eight experts...
BSS :The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has reached 10,373,362 cases as of Wednesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union...
BSS :A bridge collapse on Friday in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden’s trip to the city to tout his $1 trillion infrastructure plan-and try rebuilding his own crumbling approval ratings.Arriving...
BSS :The death toll from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 77 on Thursday as emergency teams battled to repair damaged infrastructure and help tens of thousands of victims.Bringing torrential...
