News in Brief-(2023-08-16)
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in
having no Senate-confirmed leader
NEW YORK, Aug 15: The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to block military nominations. Retiring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday gave up command on Monday. The Navy, Army and Marine Corps are now all without a confirmed leader. "This is unprecedented. It is unnecessary. And it is unsafe," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during a relinquishment ceremony at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. —Reuters
Air strike kills at least 26 in Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Aug 15: An air strike killed at least 26 people in Ethiopia's Amhara region on Monday, a hospital official and a resident told AFP as the region continues to be rocked by deadly clashes. "22 bodies were brought to the hospital, while four others who were critically injured died soon after arriving in the hospital" in Finote Selam, said the hospital official, while a resident said he had "helped in the burial of bodies of 30 victims". —AFP