At least nine people were killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, authorities said on Friday, as rescuers continued to search for four still missing. In Cantiano, a village close to the neighboring Umbria region, residents were clearing mud from the streets, online …
Read More »Daily Archives: September 16, 2022
China’s Xi calls for ‘more just’ international order at SCO summit
China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for regional countries to reshape the international order at a summit in Uzbekistan touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Leaders should “work together to promote the development of the international order in a more just and rational direction,” Xi said at …
Read More »Indian PM Modi tells Russia’s Putin now ‘is not an era of war’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now is not a time for war, with food, fertiliser, and fuel security among the major concerns of the world at present. “I know that today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken …
Read More »Death toll from Jordan building collapse rises to 13
The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Jordanian capital this week has risen to 13, local authorities said on Friday, after further bodies were found. At least 25 people were in the dilapidated building in Amman’s Webdeh district when it crumbled on Tuesday. Civil defence …
Read More »Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree on ceasefire after deadly clashes
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon agreed to order a ceasefire and troop pullback in a meeting in Uzbekistan on Friday, the Kyrgyz president’s office said, after deadly clashes between the two Russian allies. The former Soviet republics earlier accused each other of restarting fighting in …
Read More »Video: Massive fire burns through 42-story skyscraper in China
A massive fire sent flames and black smoke pouring Friday from a 42-story skyscraper in central China belonging to the country’s largest telecoms operator, but no casualties were reported, officials said. Dozens of floors burned in the China Telecom building in the city of Changsha, the capital of central Hunan …
Read More »Russia: Gas pipeline to China will replace stalled Nord Stream 2 project
Russia’s energy minister has announced that the Nord Stream 2 will be “replaced” by an alternative gas pipeline to China as the strategic project has failed to make headway due to Western sanctions on Moscow over its military operation in Ukraine. Alexander Novak made the announcement in an interview with …
Read More »