News in Brief (5-6-2018)

US first lady not going to Canada, Singapore

WASHINGTON, June 04: US First Lady Melania Trump will not accompany the president to the Group of Seven summit in Canada, nor to the planned North Korea nuclear talks in Singapore, her spokeswoman said Sunday. Melania Trump was hospitalised in May, undergoing an embolisation procedure for a "benign" kidney condition, according to Grisham. — AFP

Inquiry to begin probing deadly Grenfell Tower fire

LONDON, June 04: An inquiry is due to start into the fire at London's Grenfell Tower high-rise, which killed 72 people almost a year ago. The judge-led inquiry aims to find the causes of Britain's deadliest fire in decades and to prevent future tragedies. It will examine how a blaze that started with a faulty refrigerator spread so quickly — AP

French police vacate migrant camp in Paris

PARIS, June 04: French police have evacuated around 500 migrants - mostly Afghans but some Africans - from a makeshift tent encampment in central Paris. In the Monday dawn operation, buses took them to lodgings in the Paris region where they can pursue asylum requests. — AP

Six miners die in mine slide in Indonesia

JAKARTA, June 04: A total of six gold miners were killed after a landslide struck an illegal gold mining area in North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, a government official disclosed earlier Monday. Heavy downpours were blamed for the incident taking place in Bakan village of Bolaang Mangondow district. — Xinhua

Madagascar PM resigns

ANTANANARIVO, June 04: Madagascar's Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly said he resigned on Monday to comply with a court ruling that ordered the formation of a new consensus government to end a political crisis. — Reuters