thousands of people in China have been evacuated after unrelenting rains caused floods. The region is experiencing its heaviest rainfall since 1961. Forecasters warn the situation might worsen as more rain is forecast for the north of the country. As rivers overflowed and floodwater levels reached a 50-year high on Tuesday, two provinces raised flood … Read more
On Saturday, eleven Nepali climbers became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest from its southern approach, the first of hundreds expected to summit the world’s highest peak in the coming weeks. The team reached the peak as part of an expedition to fix ropes leading up the ascent, setting the route for … Read more
Tiger Woods played a practice round on Thursday at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, three weeks before the PGA Championship begins there. After suffering catastrophic leg injuries 14 months ago in a vehicle accident, the 15-time major champion returned to action at the Masters earlier this month. He made the cut, but battled … Read more
A French nun who currently celebrated her 118th birthday together with her conventional port-and-chocolate cocktail is now the arena’s oldest known individual, following the loss of life announced Monday of a Japanese lady year her senior. Lucile Randon, called Sister Andre, changed into born in southern France on February 11, 1904, when World War I was still … Read more
Iranian authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of suspects who beat to loss of life a brown bear in a northern village, kingdom information employer IRNA mentioned Monday. Denouncing a “horrible” act that dissatisfied the populace, Javad Parvaneh, the prosecutor in the village of Namin, ordered an investigation and the arrest of suspects who killed the … Read more
The United Nation appealed Friday for get access to to Ukrainians trapped in conflict zones, saying the ones besieged had been ravenous to demise. The Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP), which has been running in Ukraine since the start of the battle, says it has added meals assistance to 1.4 million people. It has not been … Read more
Officials in Mariupol, Ukraine’s vital port city, said on Friday that they suspected 300 people died in a Russian hit on a theatre where hundreds were sheltering last week. “From eyewitnesses, information is emerging that about 300 people died in the Drama Theatre of Mariupol following strikes by a Russian aircraft,” Mariupol city hall wrote on … Read more
HOUSTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The first possible case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been reported in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, local authorities said on Friday. The case was reported to be someone in the Greater New Orleans area who recently traveled within the United States, said the Louisiana Department of … Read more
COLOMBO: Nine people are dead and two others missing after floods in Sri Lanka and parts of southern India caused by more than a week of pounding rains. Nearly half of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts have been hit by the deluge, with the worst affected areas in and around the island’s tea-growing Central Highlands. “Five deaths and … Read more
Four security personnel of Pakistani army have been martyred in two incidents of ceasefire violations at western Line of Control areas. According to ISPR, Two incidents of ceasefire violations have been reported at the western Line of Control area. Four security personnel have lost their lives, whereas, one sustained injuries. Miscreants opened fire on security … Read more
