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Forensic experts carry bags of human remains found in a ravine in Zapopan, Mexico on May 31.
Human remains found in 45 bags are missing call center staff, Mexico confirms
MEXICO CITY — Human remains found in 45 bags discovered in a suburb of Guadalajara belong to call center workers who went missing in May, Mexican authorities have confirmed.The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) said Tuesday its tests had confirmed the remains belonged to the missing workers and said the next of kin had been informed. However, it did not specify whether remains from all seven of the missing workers were in the bags.The seven workers disappeared from the metropolitan area of Guadalajara sometime after May 20. The search for them took a grisly turn last week when bags containing human body parts were found in a ravine in the municipality of Zapopan.Mexico’s Secretary of Security Rosa Icela Rodriguez Velazquez said last Tuesday that initial investigations...
June 07, 2023

Human remains found in 45 bags are missing call center staff, Mexico confirms

Flight AI173 was carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew. Air India will operate an alternate flight carrying everyone from Magadan to San Francisco on Wednesday.
Air India flight bound for San Francisco diverted to Russia over technical issue
MUMBAI — An Air India flight from India to San Francisco was diverted due to a technical issue with one of the plane’s engines and has landed safely in Russia’s Magadan airport, in the country’s far east, according to a statement from the carrier.Flight AI173 was carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew. The airline will operate an alternate flight carrying everyone from Magadan to San Francisco on Wednesday.In a statement Wednesday, Air India said a “ferry flight” is scheduled to take off from Mumbai airport at 3.30 a.m. Eastern time and will travel to Magadan to take the passengers to San Francisco subject to “necessary clearances.”It added: “All of us at Air India are concerned about the passengers and staff and are making every effort possible to operate the ferry flight...
June 07, 2023

Air India flight bound for San Francisco diverted to Russia over technical issue

Workers move blocks of ice into a storage unit at a fresh market during heat wave conditions in Bangkok on April 25.
A ‘once-in-200 years’ heat wave caught Southeast Asia off guard
HONG KONG — Every day, countless mopeds crisscross the congested city of Hanoi, in Vietnam, with commuters traveling to work or motorbike taxis dropping off everything from parcels to cooked food and clients.One of them is Phong, 42, who starts his shift at 5 a.m. to beat the rush hour, navigating the dense swarm of mopeds and drives for over 12 hours a day with little rest.But an unprecedented heat wave that engulfed his country in the past two months has made Phong’s job even more arduous. To get through the heat of the day, he equipped himself with a hat, wet handkerchiefs and several bottles of water – precautions that provided little relief as recorded daytime temperatures soared to more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).The average May temperature in Hanoi is 32...
June 07, 2023

A ‘once-in-200 years’ heat wave caught Southeast Asia off guard

Ghanaian patients may have to wait longer to be seen because of a lack of nurses
Medics say Ghana patients in danger as nurses head for NHS in UK
ACCRA — The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is "out of control", according to the head of one of the world's biggest nursing groups.The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana's health system is struggling due to the "brain drain".Many specialist nurses have left the West African country for better-paid jobs overseas.In 2022 more than 1,200 Ghanaian nurses joined the UK's nursing register.This comes as the National Health Service (NHS) increasingly relies on staff from non-EU countries to fill vacancies.Although the UK says active recruitment in Ghana is not allowed, social media means nurses can easily see the vacancies available in NHS trusts. They can then apply for those jobs directly. Ghana's dire...
June 06, 2023

Medics say Ghana patients in danger as nurses head for NHS in UK

At least 275 people were killed in the multiple train crash in India's Odisha state on Friday
Nearly 100 bodies unidentified after India train crash
NEW DELHI — Five days after a deadly three-train crash killed 275 people in India, close to 100 bodies remain unclaimed.The crash on Friday evening in the state of Odisha involved two passenger trains and a stationary goods train.More than 1,000 injured were taken to hospitals for treatment. Many families say they are still looking for loved ones.The deadly collision is India's worst rail accident this century.The crash saw a passenger train derail after wrongly entering into a loop track by the side of the main line and colliding with a stationary goods train that was parked there. Its derailed carriages then struck the rear coaches of a second passenger train going in the opposite direction.More than 3,000 passengers are thought to have been travelling on the two trains, with...
June 06, 2023

Nearly 100 bodies unidentified after India train crash

So far officials are unclear on the motive, the culprit and the potential type of poison possibly used against the school children.
Nearly 80 students, mostly girls, are poisoned in Afghanistan, say officials
KABUL — Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken to hospital in Afghanistan’s Sangcharak district, Mohammad Rahmani, the head of the Education Department in the northern Sar-e-Pul province, told CNN.The intelligence unit of the provincial police department said they are still investigating the matter, according to Rahmani, who said he spoke to police directly. So far officials are unclear on the culprit, the motive, and the potential type of poison possibly used against the school children, he added.The investigation was prompted by accounts of 17 female students in one school on Saturday, and a day later, 60 others, mostly girls, at another school in a nearby village, Rahmani said.“After reaching school in the...
June 06, 2023

Nearly 80 students, mostly girls, are poisoned in Afghanistan, say officials

Horse racing was introduced to Singapore in 1842
Singapore to hold final horse race after more than 180 years
SINGAPORE — The more than 180-year-long history of horse racing in Singapore is set to draw to a close.It has been announced that the small Southeast Asian nation's only racecourse - Singapore Turf Club - will hold its final meeting next year.The country's government will take back the 120-hectare site, which will be used for public and private housing.Queen Elizabeth II, who was an avid racegoer and racehorse breeder, has an event named after her at the course.Her late Majesty presented the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Cup during a visit to Singapore in 1972. She attended the feature race a second time in 2006."Horse racing has a long and distinguished history in Singapore," the Singapore Turf Club said in a statement late on Monday."With races continuing until...
June 06, 2023

Singapore to hold final horse race after more than 180 years

Family members look at photographs on a computer to identify bodies at a temporary mortuary following a train collision near Balasore, in India's eastern state of Odisha, on June 4, 2023
Despair and anguish stalks hospitals as India reels from devastating train crash
BALASORE — Manto Kumar was traveling on the Coromandel Express with six of his friends when his train compartment began to violently shake like an earthquake.“Suddenly something crashed into us. Some of the coaches rolled to the other side,” the 32-year-old restaurant worker told CNN from a hospital in India’s eastern Odisha state.“I got up and wrapped my shirt around my bleeding head. Then, I started looking for my friends. Everyone was shouting ‘save us... save us.’”One of Kumar’s friends lost both his legs in the crash and was rushed to hospital. He did not survive his injuries.Their story is just one of hundreds unfolding across the country as India deals with one of the worst train crashes it has ever seen.As many as 275 people were killed and more than 1,000 others...
June 06, 2023

Despair and anguish stalks hospitals as India reels from devastating train crash

Prince Fahd Bin Mansour Bin Nasser speaking in Goa at the G20-StartUp20 Engagement Group meeting. — courtesy ANI
Prince Fahd: India did ‘great job’ in giving everyone chance in StartUp20 meet
PANAJI, Goa — India did a great job in putting together the recommendations of everyone and giving everyone the chance to collaborate and share their suggestions, said Prince Fahd Bin Mansour Bin Nasser at the G20-StartUp20 Engagement Group meeting in Goa on Sunday.Prince Fahd was appointed as the representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance (G20 YEA). G20 YEA is a global network comprising young entrepreneurs and the organizations that support them. It was launched during India's presidency of the G20.He said that it is high time we need to have awareness about startups, and entrepreneurs' contribution to the economy and the support that they need."Our presence today is to learn from the best practices of other nations. We...
June 05, 2023

Prince Fahd: India did ‘great job’ in giving everyone chance in StartUp20 meet

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, right, with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin ahead of the bilateral talks on Monday. — courtesy Ministry of Defense
Austin, Rajnath discuss ways to further strengthen defense partnership
NEW DELHI — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is on a two-day visit to India to discuss ways to expand bilateral strategic engagement ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington.Austin arrived in India from Singapore on Sunday to further strengthen the defense partnership between the two nations.Upon his arrival, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, received the Pentagon Chief who kick started the third leg of his four-nation tour.Taking to Twitter, the US Defense Secretary wrote, “I’m returning to India to meet with key leaders for discussions about strengthening our Major Defense Partnership.”“Together, we’re advancing a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific,” he added.Austin met Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi on Monday and both...
June 05, 2023

Austin, Rajnath discuss ways to further strengthen defense partnership

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