KOZHIKODE, India (Reuters) – The death toll from an Indian passenger plane crash has risen to 18, while 16 people have been seriously injured, a senior government official said Saturday. The Air India Express plane, which repatriated Indians stranded in Dubai due to the coronavirus pandemic, overturned the runway of …
Read More »Belarus holds elections as street protests rattle strong president
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus has begun voting in a presidential election on Sunday against Alexander Lukashenko, a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to face the biggest challenge in years against the man who was once “the last dictator of Europe “was named by Washington. A woman wearing a protective …
Read More »Oil spill threatens ecological disasters as Mauritius declares emergency
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – Fuel plays from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago, causing an ecological disaster that endangers corals, fish and other marine life around the island of the Indian Ocean, say officials and environmentalists. FILE PHOTO: A satellite image …
Read More »Blast rocket military base in Somali capital, killing at least eight people
An ambulance is seen near an explosion site that rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia August 8, 2020. REUTERS / Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A huge explosion on Saturday shook a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, near a stadium, killing at least eight people and injuring …
Read More »Thousands protest in Poland demanding release of LGBT activist
WARSAW (Reuters) – Several thousand people waving rainbow flags protested on Saturday in central Warsaw demanding the release of an LGBT activist accused of hanging rainbow banners over statues and damaging an anti-abortion cart. . LGBT supporters protest in Warsaw, Poland 7 August 2020. Adam Stepien / Agencja Gazeta via …
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