Flooding, landslides kill 438 villagers in eastern DR Congo

May 12,2023
Flooding and landslides brought by torrential rains in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed 438 villagers, local media reported Thursday, citing a government spokesperson.
Gas station explosion in S. Yemen kills 3, injures 6
May 12
A large explosion ripped through a gas station in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Thursday, killing three people and injuring six others, a local security official told Xinhua.
Five missing in coal mine fire in central China's Henan
May 11
Five people were still missing on Thursday morning after a fire started in a coal mine in Sanmenxia City, central China's Henan Province on Tuesday, according to company sources.
Death toll from floods in Democratic Republic of Congo tops 400
May 11
Last week's floods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that were triggered by torrential rains have left more than 400 people dead.
52 injured in highway collision in Germany
May 10
Fifty-two people were injured, ten of them seriously, when a bus and a truck collided on Tuesday on the A12 highway in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, the German press agency dpa reported.
Japan issues final daily report on COVID deaths
May 10
Japan's health ministry will no longer issue daily reports on the nationwide number of deaths caused by the coronavirus.
Zimbabwe lifts all COVID-19 restrictive measures
May 10
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday lifted all measures that it had put in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic after the World Health Organization (WHO) .............