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Flooding in eastern Libya displaces at least 30,000 people, according to UN agency
By Samy Magdy And Yousef Murad (), The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
DERNA, Libya (AP) – Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighborhoods. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000 in the nation made vulnerable by years of turmoil and neglect. The flooding caused significant infrastructure damage in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire that burned in a 9-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital has killed at least 10 people
By The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 10 people, including four children, and injured more than 50 others, state media reported Wednesday. The fire has been extinguished and rescue operations were continuing, the official Vietnam News Agency reported. Authorities have not confirmed the exact number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Crimea shipyard is on fire after a Ukrainian attack that damaged 2 ships and injured 24 people
By The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
A Ukrainian attack on a strategic shipyard in Russia-annexed Crimea wounded 24 people, damaged two ships undergoing repairs and caused a fire at the facility Wednesday, Russian authorities reported. The attack in the port city of Sevastopol, which serves as the main base for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, took place as Moscow launched drones against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!North Korea’s Kim vows full support for Russia’s ‘sacred fight’ after viewing launchpads with Putin
By Kim Tong-hyung And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday his country’s “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front. Kim ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kim promises Putin North Korea’s full support for Russia’s ‘sacred fight’
By Kim Tong-hyung And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
SEOUL (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that his country offers its “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kim offers Putin and Russia North Korea’s full support and refers to Moscow’s ‘sacred fight’
By Kim Tong-hyung And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that his country offers its “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A fire that burned in a 9-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital has killed about 12 people
By The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed about 12 people and injured more than 50, state media reported Wednesday. The fire has been extinguished and rescue operations were continuing, the official Vietnam News Agency reported. Authorities have not confirmed an exact death toll. The fire was believed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin and Kim sit down for talks at Russia’s biggest domestic space launch center
By Kim Tong-hyung And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 12th, 2023
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began on Wednesday at the Vostochny cosmodrome, Russian state news agency Tass reported. The talks, which included their delegations, began shortly after Putin and Kim toured various facilities at the cosmodrome, including two launch pads. The leaders ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin welcomes Kim Jong Un with tour of rocket launch center
By Kim Tong-hyung And Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 12th, 2023
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The leaders of Russia and North Korea met at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility for a summit that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The two men began their meeting with a tour of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Crimean shipyard is on fire after a Ukrainian attack with 2 ships damaged and 24 people injured
By The Associated Press on September 12th, 2023
The Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea was on fire early Wednesday after a Ukrainian attack with two ships that were being repaired there sustaining damage and 24 people injured, Russian authorities reported. The attack on the shipyard appeared to one of the biggest in recent weeks, even though the Crimean peninsula, annexed from Ukraine by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin gives Kim Jong Un tour of rocket launch center as leaders meet
By Kim Tong-hyung And Daria Litvinova, The Associated Press on September 12th, 2023
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The leaders of Russia and North Korea met at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility for a summit that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The two men began their meeting with a tour of a ... Read More »
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