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Death toll 62 in migrant shipwreck off Italy
Rescuers recovered three more bodies today, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in inclement weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children..Many of the victims washed ashore close to where the vessel sank
27 February 2023, 14:39 PM
Progress on human rights 'gone into reverse'
He said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most massive violations of human rights being witnessed in the world today
27 February 2023, 11:44 AM
Elon Musk calls US media 'racist' after Dilbert row
"For a *very* long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they're racist against whites & Asians," Musk wrote on the social network, where he has reinstated users banned for hate speech
27 February 2023, 04:20 AM
59 migrants killed in Italy shipwreck
At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early yesterday, authorities said.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
US papers drop ‘Dilbert’ after creator’s racist remarks
Multiple US newspapers have said they will stop publishing the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after its creator posted a video calling Black people a “hate group.”
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia battling for survival
President Vladimir Putin has cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Blinken eyes US inroads in Central Asia
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Central Asia hoping that greater US engagement will reassure former Soviet republics rattled by the Ukraine war, although Russia’s historic clout limits the extent of cooperation.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Jordan hosts Israeli -Palestinian talks
Jordan hosted a meeting between top Israeli and Palestinian officials yesterday to try to halt surging violence, an official said, as Washington and its Arab allies seek to defuse tensions that have led to concern of a wider escalation.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
4 killed in market blast in Pakistan's Balochistan
At least four people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion inside the Rakhni market in Balochistan's Barkhan today morning, police and health officials said
26 February 2023, 12:48 PM
At least 45 killed in migrant shipwreck off Italy coast
Forty-five people died, including some children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks on the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said
26 February 2023, 08:53 AM
Peruvian archaeologists unearth 30 pre-Inca era graves
The newly found 800-year-old graves have allowed specialists to know more about the Chancay culture
26 February 2023, 08:05 AM
US medical transport plane crashes in Nevada, 5 dead
In addition to the pilot, the plane was carrying a nurse, a paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member
26 February 2023, 02:23 AM
Most G20 nations condemn Russia for war, China silent
"Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed that it is causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy"
26 February 2023, 01:40 AM
War in Ukraine: Balancing act may get trickier for Bangladesh
Security analysts fear that the Ukraine-Russia war could intensify in the coming days, pushing the whole world into further trouble, unless there are serious peace initiatives to stop the war that began a year ago.
26 February 2023, 01:40 AM
Turkey-Syria Quake: Death toll tops 50,000
Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes, as the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 50,000.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Heavy snow hits parts of southern California
Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the hills around Los Angeles, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia sanctions busters to ‘face severe costs’
G7 leaders issued a stern warning to any country abetting Russia’s war in Ukraine, as G20 finance ministers, facing objections from China, again failed yesterday to agree on a joint statement on the global economy.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes central Turkey
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Central Turkey yesterday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Brazil storm death toll rises to 57
The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil’s southeastern Sao Paulo state have reached 57 people, official figures showed. Massive downpours have caused landslides and flooding in coastal towns of Brazil’s richest state since
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Macron to visit China
French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday he will visit China in early April, in part to seek Chinese help with ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The fact that China engages in peace efforts is a good thing,” Macron told reporters at an
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