by Delphia | Dec 27, 2022 | News
U.S. President Joe Biden authorized federal support for New York state on Monday after a severe winter storm left at least 27 people dead in the Buffalo area and tens of thousands of residents without power, the White House said in a statement.
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in a move coordinated with powerful armed group Hezbollah, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said. The man is a supporter of the Iran-backed...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Nepal’s new government, led by the former Maoist rebel chief, will try to balance ties with its immediate neighbours China and India as it seeks economic growth in one of the world’s poorest countries, officials of the ruling coalition told voicenews....
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was forced out of office earlier this year following the country’s economic crisis, left for the United States with his family on Monday, a reporter for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror wrote on...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Three Japanese insurance companies that are set to halt marine coverage of risks related to the war in Ukraine starting next month are in talks with reinsurers to resume those operations, they said on Monday. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Sompo Japan...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
In the lush greenhouses of Kyiv’s National Botanical Garden, staff are struggling to save a decades-old collection of tropical plants after months of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid led to electricity outages, threatening the garden’s heating...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Philippine authorities on Monday reported at least eight deaths mostly due to floods triggered by heavy rains in the southern provinces, as Christmas celebrations were disrupted for thousands of residents who were forced to evacuate. Images on social media showed...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
The Iskander tactical missile systems and the S-400 air defence systems that Russia has deployed to Belarus are fully prepared to perform their intended tasks, a senior Belarusian defence ministry official said on Sunday. “Our servicemen, crews have fully...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Britain will stop publishing the COVID-19 R number that measures how quickly the disease is spreading among the population, saying on Monday it was not needed anymore thanks to vaccines and drugs. The R number, or “reproduction number”, has been a staple...
by Delphia | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union will hold mass protests and “occupy the streets” soon to show its rejection of next year’s austerity budget, the leader of the union said on Monday, in its strongest challenge to the government of President Kais...
