LAHORE: Two killed as train hits rickshaw

LAHORE, Dec 19 (APP): Two people were crushed to death as a train hit a Qingqi rickshaw on an unmanned crossing near Jia Bagga, on Monday. According to Rescue1122, a Karachi bound train got involved in an accident when a Qingqi rickshaw tried to cross […]

Guatemala intercepts narco sub, seizes drugs

Guatemala City, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): Guatemalan authorities have intercepted a narcotics-laden submarine, arrested two Ecuadorans and a Colombian on board, and seized more than 1.7 tons of drugs, the prosecutor’s office said Monday. The narcotics were worth an estimated $23.2 million, according to spokesman Moises […]

EU reaches gas price cap agreement at 180 euros/MWh

Brussels, Dec 19 (AFP/APP):EU energy ministers on Monday overcame months of wrangling to agree a price cap for natural gas in the bloc of 180 euros per megawatt hour, effective from mid-February. “It wasn’t an easy thing to achieve,” Maltese Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said. […]

At least 19 campers dead in Malaysia landslide

KUALA LAMPUR – December 16 (ONLINE) At least 19 people including children have been killed after a landslide hit a holiday campsite in Malaysia’s Selangor state. Families were sleeping in their tents when the landslide happened around 03:00 Friday (19:00 GMT Thursday) at a farm […]

Belarus never to become Russia’s enemy — Lukashenko

MINSK – December 16 (ONLINE) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has declared that his country will never become Russia’s enemy. “Yes, we are with Russia. As a sovereign and independent state,” he stressed at a meeting on the issues of Belarusian-Russian cooperation on Friday. The Belarusian […]

Ten dead in Lyon fire incident

PARIS, France – December 16 (ONLINE) Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire in an apartment building near Lyon, France, the local government says. Officials released a statement saying a “sizeable fire” broke out in a seven-storey block of flats in […]

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