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345m marching toward starvation, UN warns

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 16 (AP): The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing "a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude," with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation - and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. David Beasley, executive director of the...

Ukraine medic describes Russian torture in war

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (AP): A volunteer Ukrainian medic held captive three months by Russian forces in Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol told U.S. lawmakers Thursday of cradling and comforting fellow prisoners as they died of torture and inadequately treated wounds. Ukrainian Yuliia Paievska, who was captured by pro-Russian forces...

10 perish as storm plays havoc in Italy

ROME, Sept 16 (AFP): At least 10 people died and four were missing after violent storms lashed central Italy, reports said Friday, pushing the issue of climate change up the agenda the week before elections.Water swept through towns and villages, turning streets into rivers after about 400 millimetres (16 inches)...

Rare ancient treasure discovered in Gaza

BUREIJ, Sept 16 (AP): Last spring, a Palestinian farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a hard object. He called his son, and for three months, the pair slowly excavated an ornate Byzantine-era mosaic that experts say is one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever found...

Spl master named to oversee Trump's Florida files

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (BBC): US federal judge Raymond Dearie has been chosen to review the files seized in the FBI's search of former US President Donald Trump's Florida home.Mr Dearie, 78, will be "special master" and decide whether any documents are off limits in any legal proceedings.He had been...

9 dead in India wall collapse due to rains

NEW DELHI, Sep 16 (UNB): At least nine people were killed when the boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed on their temporary housing sheds in India's Uttar Pradesh state in the small hours of Friday following incessant monsoon rains. The tragedy occurred in the Dilkusha area of Lucknow, the...

Guatemala stampede leaves nine dead

GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 16 (AFP): At least nine people died and 20 others were injured early Thursday in a stampede after an independence day concert in Guatemala, rescue workers said."The Guatemalan Red Cross and volunteer firefighters stabilized more than 20 injured people and nine people died at the scene" in...