At least 30 persons dead
KYIV, Apr 13 (AFP/BBC): A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 30 people and wounded 83 on Palm Sunday, Kyiv said, in another deadly attack on civilians that came after a top US official travelled to Russia.Sumy lies close to the Russian border...
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Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital
GAZA, Apr 13 (Reuters): Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility.Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital evacuated...
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Three million children die as antibiotics no longer work
LONDON, Apr 13 (BBC): More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of infections that are resistant to antibiotics, according to a study by two leading experts in child health.Children in Africa and South East Asia were found to be...
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Four quakes jolt India, Myanmar, Tajikistan within one hour
NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (AP): Four earthquakes rattled parts of India, Myanmar, and Tajikistan on Sunday morning within the span of an hour, triggering panic across Central and South Asia.From Himalayan towns to Central Asian settlements, residents were seen fleeing buildings as tremors shook the region, underscoring the area's seismic...
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Yoon to face criminal trial for insurrection
SEOUL, Apr 13 (AFP): Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol will face his first criminal trial on Monday for insurrection after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December, which plunged the democratic country into political turmoil.Yoon sought to impose military rule on the country when he ordered the...
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Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party okay disband plan
HONG KONG, Apr 13 (AFP): Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party voted on Sunday to move forward with plans to dissolve the party as its leaders first proposed in February, the party's chair said.The party is the latest Hong Kong civil society group to meet its end amid a years-long...
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Fire breaks out in S Leone presidential building
FREETOWN, Apr 13 (AFP): Fire broke out inside Sierra Leone's presidential building in central Freetown Saturday, witnesses and the government said, but President Julius Maada Bio was not present.Firefighters brought the blaze under control after five hours tackling the flames, a senior fire service official told AFP. The fire claimed...
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