Search for worker continues in Cuba after power plant wall collapse
Firefighters and rescuers continued to search Saturday for a worker in the rubble of a collapsed wall at a thermoelectric power plant in western Cuba, where at least one person died and two others were injured, Trend reports citing Xinhua.The accident…
Turkish treasury raises $2.5 bln in green bond issue
The Treasury and Finance Ministry has said it raised $2.5 billion in a green bond issuance maturing in 2030, Trend reports citing Hurriyet Daily News.The ministry earlier this week mandated Bank of America, ING, J.P. Morgan, and Standard Chartered for…
UK PM Sunak to meet US President Biden in Northern Ireland
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Joe Biden in Northern Ireland next week when the U.S. president flies in to take part in events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord, Trend reports citing Reuters.Sunak will greet Bi…
1,800 people left homeless by flash floods in southern Tanzania
At least 1,800 people in Tanzania’s southern region of Mtwara have been left homeless after their houses were submerged by flash floods caused by the ongoing heavy rains, an official said Saturday, Trend reports citing Xinhua.Ahmed Abbas, the Mtwara r…
Israel’s military says its artillery striking Syria after rocket attack
Israel’s military said its artillery was striking Syria after three rockets were launched toward Israeli territory in the early hours of Sunday, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya.Three rockets were fired from Syria toward the Golan Heights on Sunday, on…
6 killed as microbus, tractor collide in Egypt
At least six people were killed and eight others wounded on Saturday as a microbus collided with a farming tractor in Egypt’s Giza province adjacent to the capital Cairo, an Egyptian Health Ministry official said, Trend reports citing Xinhua.”The acci…
Poland to deliver to Kiev 200 armored vehicles, Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that he reached an agreement with Poland on the delivery of 200 Rosomak armored vehicles, Trend reports citing TASS.”There are new agreements on armored personnel carriers – over 100 vehicles. As…
Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103
Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany that brought Nazi war criminals to justice after World War Two and a longtime apostle of international criminal law, died on Friday at age 103, NBC News reported, cit…
Hungary to strengthen inspection of Ukrainian grain transit
Hungary has decided to toughen controls of the transit of Ukrainian grain via its territory to make sure that supplies get to the countries of destination rather than remain on Central European markets, Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy said …