At least 11 people are dead and 19 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday. Unlicensed mines are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for leftover gold ore without proper […]
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Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon poses after beating the world record in the women’s 1500m on July 7, 2024 Kipyegon set the new record by clocking a time of 3:49:04 at Stade Charlety. She eclipsed her previous record by 0.07sec set in Florence in June 2023. PARIS — Faith Kipyegon of Kenya broke her own world record in
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GOVERNMENT SEEKS POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE TO BOOST UGANDA’S INVESTMENT AND TOURISM In a bid to boost Uganda’s investment and tourism sector, government officials are calling on media professionals to highlight the country’s positive attributes rather than focusing on the negative sentiments. This call was made during a meeting hosted by Col. Edith Nakalema, the
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The blaze in the Wharton State Forest was reported early Friday. Officials believe it began in the area of the Batona Campground in Tabernacle, which was evacuated as a precaution. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Saturday that the blaze has now burned an estimated 4000 acres (1618.74 hectares), but they report having made
California: Evacuation warnings were issued for parts of California’s Santa Barbara County as a fast-moving wildfire burned over 13,264 acres in the region. Firefighters used 10 air tankers and three helicopters assigned to the incident where they dropped fire retardant and water droplets to control the perimeter of the blaze
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44 migrants were rescued and three are missing after a boat sank early Sunday in international waters south of Italy. A Tunisian fishing boat, which was a short distance away, rescued the 44 people including Gambians, Guineans, Malaysians and Senegalese. The shipwrecked people were transferred to the patrol boat Cp319 that landed them in Lampedusa.
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The Telegram channel Fighterbomber, known for its close ties with the Russian military in Ukraine, shared an alleged conversation between a two-man crew of a Su-34 fighter-bomber and an encounter with an American Patriot missile. The exact date of the recording remains unclear, and BulgarianMilitary.com cannot verify its authenticity. Photo credit: Dzen As per Fighterbomber, the event took
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Swiss defense is set to embrace a significant enhancement as Diehl Defense, a leading German weapons systems manufacturer, looks poised to construct Switzerland’s next medium-range surface-to-air defense system, the IRIS-T. Following the withdrawal of competitors MBDA and Kongsberg from the 675 million euro tender, Diehl Defense remains the sole contender. Photo credit: Sundries “A green
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UK’s new Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has announced that he would terminate a controversial plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started. It’s never been a deterrent,” he said in his inaugural press conference as prime minister. Starmer said that the
Masoud Pezeshkian, defeated his rival to become the next president of Iran, campaigning on more social freedoms and engagement with the West and describing his victory as the start of “a new chapter” for the country. In a speech Saturday, Pezeshkian, 69, vowed to be a leader for “all Iranians” and said the government must
