News in Brief 2024-05-10

Russia didn't invite officials from unfriendly

countries to victory parade

MOSCOW, May 09: Moscow did not send out invitations to the Victory Day parade to ambassadors and officials of unfriendly countries, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. When asked whether ambassadors of unfriendly countries were invited to the Victory Day parade, she answered in the negative. "No, unfriendly countries will not be invited to the parade for a third straight year. They have not been invited since 2022. — TASS

Nine killed in China traffic accident

YINCHUAN, May 09: Nine people were killed in a traffic accident in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Thursday morning, said local authorities. The accident happened at about 7:40 a.m. on a section of the national highway in Qingtongxia City, where a truck collided with a car, leaving nine dead and two injured. — Xinhua

Jihadists kill 45 Mali civilians

DAKAR, May 09: Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused an Islamist armed group and an ethnic militia of killing at least 45 civilians in separate attacks in January in central Mali, a region plagued by communal violence. — AFP