by blundun | May 10, 2024 | World
A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river on Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, killing seven people, officials said.The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top criminal investigations body, reported the death toll. It did not state how...
by blundun | May 10, 2024 | World
The Ukrainian military has claimed it pushed back an attempted Russian incursion amid fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make renewed efforts to capture the city of Kharkiv. “Russia has launched a new wave of counteroffensive operations in the...
by blundun | May 10, 2024 | World
The Iraqi government has requested that the United Nations end a mission set up to promote governance and human rights reforms in the country by the end of 2025, the latest in a series of international bodies operating in the nation that Iraq has sought to wind...
by blundun | May 10, 2024 | World
At least 90 people were injured in Argentina’s capital when a passenger train struck an empty boxcar on the tracks and derailed Friday, authorities said, a rare collision that fueled questions about basic safety.The train was on its way from Buenos Aires to the...
by blundun | May 10, 2024 | World
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Hungary on Friday, concluding a tour of three European nations meant to reinforce China’s growing influence on the continent.Xi’s plane took off from Budapest airport on Friday evening, after five days in Europe that began...
by blundun | May 10, 2024 | World
Malta’s deputy prime minister resigned Friday, and ended his European Commission bid, after he was charged with fraud in a hospital scandal roiling the Mediterranean island nation.In his resignation letter, Chris Fearne denied wrongdoing but said he must put Malta...
