Canaries volcano lava reaches sea, raising toxic gas fears
BSS :Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, volcanologists said, raising fear of toxic gases being released as the...
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United Airlines to dismiss 593 workers
BSS :United Airlines will dismiss nearly 600 employees who refused to comply with a requirement to be vaccinated for Covid-19, company officials said Tuesday.Besides the...
Ex Australia PM says successor ‘deceitful’ on nuclear subs
BSS :Former Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday that his successor “deliberately deceived” France when he scrapped a multi-billion-euro submarine deal with Paris in...
24 dead in Ecuador prison gun battle: police
BSS :At least 24 prisoners were killed in a battle between inmates equipped with firearms and grenades at a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, officials said...
6.1-magnitude quake rattles Japan
BSS :A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northwestern coast on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japanese and US authorities said. The quake produced...
Former Nazi death camp secretary faces trial
AFP :A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, now 96, faces a German court on Thursday charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000...
10 Farc dissidents killed in Colombia bombing
Reuters :Though the Farc signed a peace accord in 2016 and most members demobilized, some former fighters reject the deal and continue to battle the...
UK fuel prices 8-year high as army on standby
Al Jazeera :Military tanker drivers are prepared for deployment as panic buying dries pumps and pushes prices up.Britain’s army has been put on standby to...
Nigeria air strike kills 20 fishers
AFP :At least 20 fishermen were killed accidently in a Nigerian military strike on a jihadist camp in northeast Nigeria, two security sources and locals...
Hezbollah seeks to deflect anger thru fuel patronage
Al Jazeera :Analysts say the Iran-backed party’s expanding patronage aims to boost its popularity amid Lebanon’s energy crisis.When the first convoy of Hezbollah-brokered Iranian diesel...
At least 50 killed for Yemen’s Marib
AFP :At least 50 Huthi rebels and Yemeni pro- government troops have been killed as fighting intensifies for the key city of Marib, military sources...
Russia says ‘top priority’ to hold Taliban to rights
Al Jazeera :Russia, China, Pakistan, and the United States are working together to ensure Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to form a...