Sao Paulo, May 22 , 2024 : The discovery of four more bodies in the last few hours in south Brazil’s weather-battered Rio Grande do Sul state has pushed the death toll to 161, the Civil Defense agency said Tuesday. Record rainfall has devastated the state since April 29, leading to deadly floods and mudslides…
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United Nations, May 22 , 2024 : Dozens of civilians have been killed so far this month in intercommunal clashes over land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said aid workers are helping the injured and displaced…
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Rio De Janeiro, May 22 , 2024 :Brazil has surpassed a record 5 million cases of dengue so far this year, with nearly 3,000 confirmed deaths from the disease, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday. According to the most recent data, 5,145,295 probable cases of dengue have been registered in the country, causing 2,899 confirmed…
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Berlin, May 21 , 2024 : Ten people were injured, four of them seriously, as a result of lightning strikes in the eastern German city of Dresden, German media reported. One of the incidents occurred in the popular recreation area of Rosengarten, where people were hiding from the storm under a restaurant canopy, the Bild…
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Tehran, May 21 , 2024 : Iranian Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri said on Monday that the body of President Ebrahim Raisi would be buried on Thursday in the northeastern city of Mashhad. He made the remarks while elaborating on the planned measures for the holding of the mourning ceremonies of Raisi and…
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Tehran, May 21 , 2024 : Iran’s government decided on Monday that the country’s 14th presidential election would be held on June 28, the official news agency IRNA reported. The election date was determined in a meeting attended by Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, currently assuming the presidency, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei and Parliament…
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Bogota, May 21 , 2024 : Two police officers were killed and several others injured in two terrorist attacks on Monday in the municipalities of Morales and Jamundi in southwest Colombia, local authorities said. The first attack occurred in Morales, where purported members of a dissident faction of the disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia…
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Beirut, May 21 , 2024 : A Hezbollah official was killed and a civilian wounded on Monday evening in an Israeli attack on a motorcycle in the southern Lebanese village of Mansouri, according to Lebanese military sources. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that an Israeli drone fired two air-to-surface missiles at the…
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Sydney, May 21 , 2024 : Matildas captain Sam Kerr has been ruled out of the upcoming Paris Olympics due to her ACL injury, Australia’s governing body of football confirmed on Tuesday. Football Australia said in a statement that the 30-year-old skipper will continue her rehabilitation program in home club environments and subsequently will not…
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New York, May 21 , 2024 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 82 km S of Dampit, Indonesia, at 19:42:15 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 88.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.95 degrees south latitude and 112.61 degrees east longitude.
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