Three officials booked over South Korea’s deadly battery plant fire
Seoul, June 26 (IANS) Three officials at lithium battery maker Aricell were booked on Wednesday for allegedly violating the industrial safety laws in connection with this week’s deadly factory fire that claimed 23 lives, labour authorities said. The labour ministry’s special investigation team said the government issued an order for Aricell to completely suspend the […]
Two killed, hundreds evacuated as floods hit US
Chicago, June 26 (IANS) At least two people have been killed while hundreds rescued as flood hits the north-central United States. A vast swath of lands from eastern Nebraska and South Dakota to Iowa and Minnesota has been flooded from torrential rains since last week, with 46 centimetres of rain in some areas. Homes were […]
North Korea’s missile test ends in mid-air explosion
Seoul, June 26 (IANS) North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, but the missile exploded in the air, South Korea’s military said, amid a possibility that the North could have test-fired a hypersonic missile. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the missile was launched from an area in or […]
India dismisses Pakistan’s attempt to raise Kashmir issue as ‘baseless, deceitful’
United Nations, June 26 (IANS) India has dismissed Pakistan’s attempt to inject Kashmir into a discussion of the workings of the Security Council as an undignified misuse of the General Assembly forum. Pratik Mathur, a minister at India’s UN mission, reacting to Pakistan bringing up Kashmir, said that it “misused this forum to spread baseless […]
South Korea to provide policy financing worth $12.2 billion for chip industry
Seoul, June 26 (IANS) The finance ministry here said on Wednesday it would provide low-interest loans of 17 trillion won ($12.22 billion) next month for corporate investment in the semiconductor industry and will push to extend tax benefits for investment in strategic technologies. It is part of execution plans for the comprehensive support package worth […]
Unionised workers at Hyundai Motor in S. Korea to refuse overtime work from next week
Seoul, June 26 (IANS) Unionised workers at Hyundai Motor in South Korea have decided to refuse to work overtime on Saturdays from July 6, as they failed to narrow differences with the company in wage talks, the union said on Wednesday. The 43,000-strong union has made the decision to put pressure on the company while […]
Mongolia: 260 international observers to monitor parliamentary elections
Ulan Bator, June 26 (IANS) A total of 259 observers from 40 countries and 21 international organisations will monitor Mongolia’s upcoming regular parliamentary elections, as announced by the country’s General Election Commission (GEC) on Wednesday. Also, 27 journalists from 12 international media outlets will cover the elections of the State Great Khural, the country’s unicameral […]
Man charged over fatal stabbing in Australia’s Melbourne
Sydney, June 26 (IANS) Australian police have charged a male offender overnight after a man was stabbed to death in Melbourne. Emergency services were called to a property on Warnock Street in Broadmeadows shortly before 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday following reports of a man having been stabbed, reports Xinhua news agency. The suburb […]
UN official warns of escalating crisis in Gaza, West Bank
United Nations, June 26 (IANS) A UN official warned the Security Council of a deepening crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. During a Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland described the “catastrophic and horrifying” humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where civilians suffer under the impact of hostilities […]
Russia’s restive region: Dagestan’s chequered history as arena of violence
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Just three months after the deadly Crocus City Hall attack on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia was on Sunday struck by another terror outrage – this time on its southernmost territory, bringing diverse yet restive Dagestan back into the global spotlight, and resurrecting the menace of Islamist terrorism in the […]
