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KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Indian police have arrested three employees of the construction firm building a flyover which collapsed in the eastern city of Kolkata, as the death toll rose to 26, a senior officer said Saturday. The arrests were made late Friday after police sealed the Kolkata office of IVRCL, the contractor behind the ill-fated construction project in West Bengal state. Five other staff were detained for questioning over the tragedy that unfolded after a […]
(Reuters) — North Korea’s state media on Saturday (April 2) released still photographs of its leader Kim Jong Un observing a test of what it said was a new type of anti-air guided weapon system. The still photographs, broadcast on the North’s state-run television KRT, showed Kim watching missiles being fired from surface and aerial targets being blown up. KRT, however, did not specify the date or location of the test firing. North Korea […]
Washington, United States (AFP)—-World leaders reaffirmed their commitment to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of extremists on Friday but warned that the threat is “constantly evolving.” “More work remains to be done to prevent non-state actors from obtaining nuclear and other radioactive materials, which could be used for malicious purposes,” the leaders said, in a joint statement at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. United States President Barack Obama invited dozens of world […]
GENEVA, Switzerland – The United Nations voiced concern on Thursday (March 31) over growing difficulties in delivering aid to besieged areas in Syria, with convoys delayed or surgical equipment being removed, mainly by government forces. Jan Egeland, chairman of a U.N. task force on humanitarian aid, called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main allies Russia and Iran to bring more pressure to bear on the government to enable deliveries of food and medicines. “We are […]
PURCHASE, NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton brought her campaign to where her political career began. Clinton spoke to a large audience at the State University of New York in Purchase, New York on Thursday (March 31). The school was where Clinton launched her bid for U.S. Senate in 2000. During her speech, the Democratic front-runner rebuked Republican rival Donald Trump’s comments on abortion. On Wednesday, Trump said that women […]
by Sailendra Sil KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Emergency workers battled through the night into Friday to reach dozens of people still believed trapped under a flyover that collapsed in India, killing at least 22 others. Specialist rescue teams were using heavy cutting machinery and drills to reach an unknown number of people buried under the 100-metre (330-feet) section of road in Kolkata. Gruesome pictures showed limbs and bloodied bodies sticking out from underneath huge slabs […]
North Korea fired another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korean officials said, as regional leaders met in Washington to discuss the threat of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. It was the latest in a series of North Korean missile launches during what has been an extended period of elevated military tension on the Korean peninsula, triggered by Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test on January 6. The launch came as the South Korean coastguard […]
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, United States (Reuters) — Several homes and businesses were reportedly damaged when at least one tornado hit Tulsa Oklahoma, on Thursday (March 31) after midnight. Local news reported seven people injured due to the storm, one of whom is in critical condition. Video shows a church missing a roof which reportedly was blown off while worshipers were inside the building. Video shows some homes were reduced to piles of sticks and residents could […]
COLD BAY, ALASKA, United States – A volcano on the Alaska Peninsula erupted with little advanced warning over the weekend, spewing an ash cloud up to 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) high that prompted aviation warnings across the region, scientists said. Mount Pavlof, one of the most active volcanoes on the peninsula, began erupting shortly after 4:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Sunday (March 27), said Jessica Larsen, coordinating scientist with the University of Alaska Geophysical […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—China’s manufacturing activity expanded in March for the first time in nine months, official data showed Friday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index, which tracks activity in factories and workshops, rebounded to 50.2 last month, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. It was the highest figure in nine months and the first expansion of manufacturing activity since June 2015. The result beat the median expectations of 49.4 in a Bloomberg News survey […]
KOLKATA, India – A flyover under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on Thursday (March 31) on to vehicles and street vendors below, killing at least 14 people with more than 100 people feared trapped. A 100-meter (110-yard) section of flyover snapped off at one end and came crashing down in a teeming commercial district near Girish Park. A coordinated rescue operation was slow to get under way, with access for heavy […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing’s defence ministry on Thursday warned the US navy to “be careful” in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines. Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access to five military bases, including some close to the disputed South China Sea, where tensions have risen over Beijing’s assertion of its territorial claims. China claims virtually all the South China Sea despite […]
