United Nations, July 10 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher called for urgent action to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region.”We need to move faster to break the back of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” said Fletcher in a statement on Thursday. “Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, but the virus is spreading across other provinces where conflict and the constant…
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Canberra, July 9 (IANS) Chronic and mental conditions are having a growing impact on the health of Australians, according to a government report published on Thursday.The comprehensive biennial report on Australia’s health for 2026 from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) found that 61 per cent of Australians, or 15.4 million people, were living with at least one chronic long-term health condition in 2022 and 38 per cent were living with two or more.It said that Australians los…
Tanchang, July 8 (IANS) Rescue operations have been completed at the site of a landslide in Tanchang County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, which left 21 people dead and seven injured, local authorities said on Wednesday.The injured, who are being treated in local hospitals, are in stable condition, the Longnan municipal government said at a press conference.The landslide struck Renzang Village of Nanhe Township in Longnan City at around 6:56 a.m. on Tuesday, trapping 33 people. Five people w…
United Nations, July 8 (IANS) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the US government of carrying out “multidimensional, non-conventional warfare” against Cuba, which he said has lasted for almost seven decades and “become ever crueler and more ruthless during the last seven months.”Speaking during a UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate on the “necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” Rodriguez said threats of…
Damascus, July 7 (IANS) Two explosions occurred near the Ministry of Tourism in Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday afternoon, injuring 18 people, including four police officers, local media reported citing the latest information released by the country’s Interior Ministry. The explosions occurred just before the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the presidential palace.Macron, who arrived in the Syrian capital on Monday, is the first top Eu…
Havana, July 7 (IANS) Cuba’s request for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to debate the US blockade at its session reflects the imminent threat facing the island, an official said.The Cuban Foreign Ministry’s director general of Multilateral Affairs and International Law, Pedro Luis Pedroso, told reporters the scenario presented to justify the debate “is not a hypothetical situation of aggression. It is not based on a simple risk assessment.”The debate, to be held on Tuesday, will serve to denounc…
Colombo, July 6 (IANS) Sri Lanka has recorded 61,060 dengue cases so far this year, with 2,604 new infections reported during the past 24 hours, the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) said Monday.The Western Province remains the centre of the outbreak, accounting for 32,054 cases, or 52.5 per cent of the national total. The Southern Province has reported 9,674 cases, followed by Sabaragamuwa with 5,237, Central with 4,823, Eastern with 2,979, and North Western with 2,778, Xinhua news agency rep…
Caracas, July 6 (IANS) The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes has risen to 3,342, with 16,740 people injured, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said.Rodriguez said in an update on Telegram on Sunday that the number of people rescued remains at 6,462.An official report said 17,345 people were also displaced, reports Xinhua news agency.Since the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck on June 24, Venezuela has recorded 995 aftershocks, according to the update.Authorities have …
Ankara, July 5 (IANS) Turkish police detained 46 suspects in the capital Ankara as part of a security operation ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit scheduled for July 7-8, according to Turkish media on Sunday.Turkish media outlet Haberturk reported that the operation was coordinated by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the participation of the Ankara Police Department’s public security branch and other police units.According to the report, the suspects w…
Paris, July 4 (IANS) June 2026 became the hottest June ever recorded in France since records began in 1947, with an average temperature of 22.7 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 normal, Meteo-France said Friday in its monthly climate report. According to the public weather service, June 2026 surpassed the previous record set in June 2003, when temperatures were 3.5 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average. A historic heatwave that began on June 17 pushed temperatures to…