Work team despatched after river embankment breached in China
Beijing, Aug 14 (IANS) China has sent a team of experts to north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where the embankment of a river was breached following recent torrential rains. The dike breach, measuring over 10 metres in width, occurred at the Laoha River in Taipingdi Town of Chifeng City on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news […]
Laos to improve dengue case management
Vientiane, Aug 14 (IANS) Lao Deputy Prime Minister Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune has called on health officials and medical staff across Laos to improve the management of dengue fever cases, aiming to prevent a serious outbreak of the disease. Medical staff at provincial and district hospitals and health centres need to broaden their knowledge and ensure the […]
Five killed in armed assault at Ecuadorian mine
Quito Aug 14 (IANS) At least five people were killed and three others injured in an armed assault at a mine in Camilo Ponce Enriquez in southern Ecuador’s Azuay province, said the police. “This morning an attack was reported between members of organised armed groups that caused the death of five people and the injury […]
Japan PM Kishida to withdraw from party leadership race
Tokyo, Aug 14 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday that he will not run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election next month, according to media reports. While addressing a press conference here at the Prime Minister’s office, Kishida said his decision not to join the race, a decision that will […]
Hezbollah launches rockets towards Israel
Beirut, Aug 14 (IANS) Hezbollah attacked the Mount Neria base, a battalion leadership headquarters of Israel’s Golani Brigade forces, with volleys of Katyusha rockets late Tuesday night, according to state media. Earlier, Hezbollah had launched more than 20 rockets from southern Lebanon at the Meron base in northern Israel, both al-Manar and Al Jazeera have […]
Ex-B’desh PM Hasina issues ‘first statement’ after ouster
New Delhi/Dhaka, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India after the fall of her government following a mass uprising, has demanded an investigation into the killings, vandalism and arson carried out in the name of agitation in her country. She also demanded on Tuesday that the culprits be […]
Brian Niccol to serve as new Starbucks CEO
New York, Aug 14 (IANS) Starbucks has said that Brian Niccol, chief executive at Chipotle, would be the coffee chain’s new CEO — just over a year after current boss Laxman Narasimhan took over the role. Narasimhan steps down as chief executive and as a member of the Starbucks board “with immediate effect,” said the […]
UK Police arrest 1,000 people following riots
London, Aug 14 (IANS) More than 1,000 people have been arrested by the UK Police in connection with the riots involving violence, arson and looting as well as racist attacks which took place over the last two weeks in Britain, officials said on Tuesday. The riots, which followed the killings of three young girls in […]
Ukraine controls 74 Russian settlements: Zelensky
Kiev, Aug 14 (IANS) The Ukrainian military now controls 74 settlements in Russia’s Kursk border region, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The governor of the Kursk region, where Ukraine is mounting a week-long incursion, previously said on Monday that Ukraine controls 28 settlements. “There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,” Zelensky said […]
Cambodia discovers another war-left US aerial bomb in southern province
Phnom Penh, Aug 14 (IANS) Cambodia has found and safely removed another war-left US-made M117 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said. Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s Director-General Heng Ratana said on Tuesday that the massive bomb was spotted buried at a paddy field in Kandal Steung district, Xinhua news agency […]
