Reuters: June 13 – A state of emergency was introduced around the area where two fuel tankers collided on the Lena River in southeastern Russia’s Irkutsk region, damaging a container and spilling gasoline into the water, the region’s governor said early on Tuesday. The damaged container was carrying 138 metric tons of gasoline, the governor, […]
Al Jazeera: Thailandโs prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run in last monthโs election, a senior official has said, in another setback as he battles to win backing for his premiership. Pita, the 42-year-old leader of the progressive Move Forward Party whose election victory stunned Thailandโs military-backed […]
BBC News: Three British people have died after a fire on a dive boat in the Egyptian Red Sea, the tour operator for the trip has said. In a statement, Scuba Travel said the tourists’ families had been contacted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Twenty-six other people, including 12 Britons, were rescued from the […]
Reuters: BEIJING, June 12 – China deployed a reconnaissance aircraft over Pacific waters east of Taiwan last week that Chinese media said monitored and gathered intelligence on an exercise involving the navies of the United States, Japan, France and Canada. A Y-9 cargo plane variant fitted with intelligence-gathering equipment most likely monitored and collected intelligence […]
BBC News: Ukraine says it has liberated three villages in the south-east of the country in the first victories of its much-anticipated counter-offensive. Footage on social media showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in the neighbouring settlements of Blahodatne and Neskuchne in the Donetsk region. Kyiv’s deputy defence minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken. On Saturday, […]
BBC News: At least 10 people have died and more than 20 others are in hospital after a wedding bus crashed in an Australian wine region. The passengers were returning from a wedding at a winery on Sunday night when their coach overturned on Wine County Drive near Greta in Hunter Valley, New South Wales. […]
BBC News: On Friday, in the dead of night at the heart of the Colombian jungle, army radios crackled to life with the message the nation had been praying for: “Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle.” The military code revealed that four children missing in the jungle for 40 days had all been found – alive. The […]
BBC News: Rina Gonoi had two dreams. To be a soldier, and to compete in the Olympics as a judo player. She started judo when she was four years old, trained by her brother, and was 11 when she first saw soldiers in action. The armed forces, known in Japan as the Self-Defence Forces (SDF), […]
NDTV News: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday as Ukrainian forces were engaged in fierce fighting against Russia on the southern front line. Justin Trudeau, who is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later on Saturday, placed flowers by a wall displaying the faces of soldiers killed […]
