insert_link World Sunak to visit Kyiv Friday to set out new ‘support package’ British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv on Friday to launch "a major new package of support" for Ukraine and increase military funding for this financial year to £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion), his office said. The figure is an increase of 200 million pounds over the last two years and will ensure the "largest ever commitment of drones," a statement said, adding that he was also due to […] todayJanuary 12, 2024 4
insert_link World Magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills hundred in China Reports say an earthquake has killed at least one hundred and eleven people in a mountainous part of China. Seismologists say it registered a magnitude of six-point-two, and there were at least nine aftershocks of magnitude three or above. Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong. todayDecember 19, 2023 8
insert_link World 41 Workers freed from collapsed tunnel in India All 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India have been rescued. The actual rescue took just over an hour after teams led by so-called rat miners finally succeeded in reaching the group by drilling through rocks and debris. The workers were pulled out on wheeled stretchers through a 90-centimeter-wide pipe. todayNovember 29, 2023 5
insert_link World 41 workers still trapped in India tunnel Help is still hours, if not days away for the 41 workers stuck in a tunnel for two weeks in India as rescue efforts hit multiple technical snags. Ishan Garg has the latest from New Delhi. todayNovember 27, 2023 13
insert_link Africa More than 600,000 displaced by floods in Somalia The number of displaced people by the rains in Somalia has gone up by 100,000 in just one week, bringing the number to close to 650,000 people. The heavy rains that started in October have killed over 100 people in the Horn of Africa. BBC Africa reports that entire towns have also been cut off in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. The areas affected had barely recovered from the worst […] todayNovember 21, 2023 6
insert_link World Trapped Indian tunnel workers face prolonged rescue Forty workers have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India for more than a week now. Rescue operations have hit one snag after another and now officials say it could still be another 4 to 5 days before the trapped workers can be safely rescued. todayNovember 20, 2023 14
