United Nations: Gang violence in Haiti drove a record of more than 1 million people from their homes last year, the United Nations said. The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the figure marked a threefold increase in displacement within a year, rising from 315,000 in December 2023, Xinhua news agency reported. In the…
Los Angeles: Firefighters continued to work overnight to contain wildfires in greater Los Angeles, with “particularly dangerous” winds warning in effect through Wednesday. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions will continue for coastal Southern California including the areas of the wildfires in Los Angeles County, said the US National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday….
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said in a statement that it targeted a power plant in the southern Israeli port city of Eilat, using a “winged missile.” “The attack achieved its goal successfully,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in the statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. Also, Sarea said his group carried out another attack…
Johannesburg: A total of 118 illegal miners were brought to the surface during rescue operations at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein in South Africa’s North West Province, with 36 confirmed dead, according to the police. As rescue operations entered the second day, “a total of 118 illegal miners have been extracted as of 4:00…
South Korean authorities arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection accusations related to his December 3 martial law declaration, news agency Reuters reported citing investigators. This marks the first ever arrest of an incumbent South Korean president. A motorcade was seen leaving the gates of his hillside residence where Yoon Suk Yeol was holed…
In a tragic incident, as many as 100 workers have died in an illegal gold mine in South Africa. The workers, who were trapped in the mine for several months, have died of starvation. Around 100 workers were trapped in a gold mine in Buffelsfontein, near the city of Stellenbosch in South Africa. According to…
Los Angles: A man dressed as a firefighter was caught looting houses in LA wildfire police on Sunday. He was arrested red-handed while robbing homes by Los Angeles police. It is worth mentioning that as many as 29 arrests were made. The LA wildfires continue to rage, the death toll has risen to 24, many people…
Washington DC: US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday slammed the officials responsible for handling raging wildfires in Los Angeles, calling them “incompetent.” Taking to the social media platform Truth Social, Trump criticised the situation, stating that it was one of the worst catastrophes in US history. “The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent…
Canberra: A man has died and a woman has been hospitalized after a light plane crashed in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). The 63-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were the sole occupants of the plane when it crashed in a recreational area about 50 km southeast of Darwin on Sunday, local authorities reported.NT Police, Fire and Emergency…
Japan: Japan is reporting a record number of flu cases, at an average 64.39 patients per clinic in the last week of December. This number is the highest since records were started in 1999 according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The country as a whole saw 317,812 cases, and every one of the…
