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Venezuelan president slams US for excluding countries from Americas Summit
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday condemned the United States for excluding Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be held June 6-10 in Los Angeles of U.S. state of California.
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US teachers traumatized by school mass shootings: media
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Memories of the mass shootings in school left many American educators who experienced the tragedies seeking therapy for years, even quitting their careers, Reuters reported Thursday.
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8 killed in east China landslides
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Fuzhou [China], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed after two buildings collapsed due to landslides triggered by downpours on Friday in Wuping County, east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said Saturday.
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Nigeria issues measures to prevent possible spread of monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian government on Friday set up an inter-ministerial committee to prevent the possible spread of the monkeypox disease in the country.
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Singapore reports 3,830 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 3,830 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,290,046.
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Sunken Japanese tour boat brought to port for investigations
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The tourist boat that sank off Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido last month was raised from the bottom of the sea bed on the second attempt Friday and taken by barge to a local port.
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US confirms 9 monkeypox cases across 7 states
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States has confirmed nine monkeypox cases across seven states, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday.
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Turkey says military operations on southern borders necessary for national
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey said on Thursday the military operations carried out on its southern borders are necessary for national security and do not target the territorial integrity of its neighbours.
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Majority of China's aged population remains unvaccinated; critics suspect
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): The fact that several elderly people over the age of 60 have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 in China might be a deliberate action by Chinese authorities to leave the aged people out of the protection radar, considering them to be a burden on its economy.
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Chinese envoy criticizes US for failure as penholder on issue of South Sud
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): A Chinese envoy on Thursday criticized the United States for failing to fulfill its responsibility as the penholder of the Security Council on the issue of South Sudan sanctions.
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UN Security Council renews sanctions against South Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to renew for a year, till May 31, 2023, an arms embargo against South Sudan as well as targeted sanctions of travel ban and asset freeze against individuals and entities.
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Two die in explosion at biofuel plant in northern Spain
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], May 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Two people died on Thursday in an explosion at a plant making biodiesel on the outskirts of the city of Calahorra in the La Rioja region of northern Spain, local emergency services said.
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