Yearly Archives: 2024

Flooding deaths in Nepal reach 193 as recovery work is stepped up

Kathmandu, Nepal (AP) — The number of people killed in Nepal by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend reached 193...

Google to invest $1 billion in Thai data center, cloud infrastructure

Bangkok, Thailand (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google opens new tab said on Monday it would invest $1 billion in Thailand to build a data...

9 dead, 50 missing after migrant boat capsizes off Spain’s Canary Islands

Valverde, Spain (EFE) — The bodies of nine migrants have been recovered by Spanish emergency services in El Hierro in the Canary Islands, officials...

Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike

Beirut, Lebanon (DT/AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in...

Ex-health minister Katsunobu Kato set to be named Ishiba’s finance minister

Tokyo, Japan (DT/KN) — New ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, set to soon become Japan's next prime minister, is considering naming former...

Police launch manhunt after 17 people killed in South Africa shootings

Johannesburg, South Africa (EFE.)  — Police in South Africa were searching Saturday for the perpetrators of two shootings that killed at least 17 people. The shootings...

Flooding and landslides in Nepal kill at least 66 people, with as many again still missing

Kathmandu, Nepal (AP) — Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal, and a further 69 are...

Ex-defense chief Ishiba set to become new Japan PM

Tokyo, Japan (DT/KN) — Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's...

15 killed after a landslide struck an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Padang, Indonesia (DT/AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains struck an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 15...

Hezbollah confirmed the death of one of its top commanders, Ibrahim Kobeisi

Beirut, Lebanon (DT/AP) — Hezbollah on Tuesday confirmed the death of one of its top commanders, Ibrahim Kobeisi, who was killed in an Israeli...

North Korea vows response to US submarine’s visit to South Korea

Seoul, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Tuesday to boost the country’s nuclear war capability and...

G20 Brasil holds meeting at the UN for the first time in the forum’s history

New York, USA (DT) - For the first time, the Foreign Ministers of the world's largest economies will convene at the United Nations. On...

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