Source link The substance, known as ‘kush’, has reportedly caused hundreds of deaths in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has declared a “national emergency on drug abuse” amid calls from health services and local communities to stop the spread of a synthetic drug that reportedly contains human bones and has led to hundreds of deaths. The […]
Source link Rescuers have already checked and removed 41 cubic meters of debris as firefighters continue to extinguish flames Some fires remain at Crocus City concert hall near Moscow, on the roof as well as on the second and third floors of the venue, following Friday evening’s brutal massacre, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations has […]
Source link Thousands of inmates have been freed from the Caribbean nation’s two largest prisons by an armed gang attack Haiti’s government has declared a three-day state of emergency and a night-time curfew after armed gangs stormed the Caribbean country’s two biggest jails over the weekend, allowing thousands of prisoners to escape. Gang leaders are […]
Source link The Air Serbia plane sustained damage to its fuselage and wing during takeoff in Belgrade A passenger plane was left with holes in its fuselage and wing after overshooting the runway during takeoff in Belgrade on Sunday, according to media reports. Air Serbia flight JU324 made a successful emergency landing about an hour […]
Source link At least 10 people, including children, were injured in the incident in Austin, Texas At least one person was killed and several more wounded after a vehicle smashed into a Texas emergency room, according to local officials. Several children are believed to be among the injured. The car crashed through an entrance at […]
Source link The false claim of a blaze at the US president’s home has come amid a wave of “swatting” calls targeting political figures Fire crews and other emergency responders have rushed to the White House following a bogus 911 call falsely claiming that US President Joe Biden’s home was ablaze with someone trapped inside. […]
Source link Mass unrest has gripped the Pacific nation over a public sector pay cut, later blamed on an administrative error Soldiers and police patrolled the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital on Friday, a day after the southwest Pacific nation declared a state of emergency in response to widespread rioting during which at […]
Source link Supplies of natural gas in the EU’s underground storage facilities continue to shrink as cold weather is forcing more fuel to be used for heating, Interfax reported on Tuesday. Gas inventories in the EU, one of the key indicators for the global market, fell to 85% full in early January after the bloc […]
Source link The Czech Republic must explain why its weapons were used to kill civilians, Russia’s envoy said Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the Ukrainian missile attack on the border city of Belgorod, which killed 14 civilians. Kiev’s Western backers will be forced to answer for supplying […]
Source link The State Department will rush more than 57,000 artillery shells to the Middle East The US State Department has approved the “emergency” sale of artillery ammunition worth $147.5 million to Israel, bypassing the usual need for congressional review. A larger package of military aid for the Jewish state remains stalled in Congress. Israel […]
Source link Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal has sent a letter to an international group coordinating funds, to request an emergency meeting with Western donors, as Kiev confronts “exceptionally high uncertainty” over its budget, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. According to the outlet, Shmygal sent a letter this month to the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for […]
Source link Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Germany’s parliament to bypass the national debt threshold for the sake of helping Ukraine Germany might have to declare an emergency at home just to provide additional assistance to Kiev next year if the situation in Ukraine gets any worse, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the nation’s lawmakers […]
Source link Budapest says any funding for Kiev must come from outside of the bloc’s shared budget European Union (EU) officials are discussing strategies to raise emergency funding for Ukraine separate from the bloc’s shared budget after Hungary insisted it would not relent in its threat to veto a support package for Kiev, the Financial […]
Source link The Biden administration has bypassed Congress to provide tank ammunition for West Jerusalem’s war against Hamas US President Joe Biden’s administration has circumvented congressional authority over military aid to Israel by granting emergency approval for selling $106.5 million of tank ammunition needed for West Jerusalem’s escalating war effort against Hamas in the Gaza […]
Source link The Ukrainian government on Thursday requested emergency assistance from Poland, Romania, and Slovakia as freezing temperatures caused a shortage of power in the electrical grid, the state utility Ukrenergo has said. Demand for electricity grew higher than what the Ukrenergo grid could support as snow fell in Kiev and the thermometers dropped to […]