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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Slovenia has confronted the worst-ever pure catastrophe in its historical past, Prime Minister Robert Golob mentioned Saturday, after devastating floods induced harm estimated at half a billion euros ($550 million). ...

The "concerned" mom of a teen evacuated from the World Scout Jamboree throughout a heatwave in South Korea says her son confronted "hugely uncomfortable" circumstances on the occasion.Annabel Shackleton's 17-year-old son Aaron is one of many 4,000 UK Scouts who've been evacuated from the campsite to inns within the nation's capital, Seoul, as a result of heatwave. Hundreds of individuals on the occasion - which entails round 40,000 folks from around the globe - have up to now been handled for heat-related sickness, whereas the South Korean authorities has despatched support to the location.Speaking to Sky News correspondent Inzamam Rashid, Ms Shackleton stated: "Some of the teenagers were suffering with the heat."There was concern [from parents], particularly once we heard th...

JINDERIS, Syria (AP) - A child lady who was born beneath the rubble of her household residence destroyed by the lethal earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria six months in the past is in good well being, loves her adopted household and likes to smile even to strangers. ...

A vicious sectarian battle has gripped the small Indian state of Manipur for months.While there have been tensions previously between the bulk Hindu Meitei neighborhood and minority Christian Kuki-Zomi tribe within the distant northwest of the nation, it has escalated into bitter preventing since May. Street protests erupted into armed violence over calls for to increase official tribal standing to the Meiteis, entitling them to advantages beforehand reserved for the Kukis. Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant 0:23 Women paraded b...

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan stated his social gathering had confronted unprecedented "victimisation" and accused the nation's authorities of "dismantling democracy" in an an interview earlier than his newest arrest.The widespread opposition chief, 70, was arrested after he was discovered responsible of illegally promoting state presents and sentenced to a few years in jail on Saturday. Speaking to Sky News Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch in July, the ex-cricketer stated he had already organized for a bunch of 10 to fifteen folks to make selections "by consensus" in anticipation of his incarceration.Deadly protests noticed his followers assault authorities and navy property throughout the nation in May following his arrest and three-day detention on corruptio...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - On the battlefields of Ukraine, the fog of conflict plagues troopers. And removed from the combating, a associated and simply as disorienting miasma afflicts those that search to know what’s taking place within the huge conflict. ...

A Russian singer, who was dropped by a US opera home as a result of she refused to surrender Vladimir Putin's warfare in Ukraine, is suing her former employer.A lawsuit filed by soprano Anna Netrebko is searching for round $360,000 (£281,000), claiming she was defamed by the Metropolitan Opera and her contract was breached. She was dropped by the New York-based firm shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine final February, after failing to repudiate Mr Putin, regardless of being requested to by the opera's supervisor.Follow dwell updates on the Ukraine warfare as Zelenskyy prepares for Jeddah peace talksBorn within the southern Russia metropolis of Krasnodar, Ms Netrebko is a distinguished soprano, with a profession spanning works by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky. S...

NEW DELHI — Kashmir’s prime pro-India politician had a stark message Friday - the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed area’s particular standing, throwing the Himalayan territory into political chaos: ...

Imran Khan has at all times stated the mounting instances towards him are politically motivated and supposed to cease him from working for election.This new arrest might do precisely that. It provides extra jeopardy and rigidity to an already febrile political local weather in Pakistan. And the timing is critical.This week Shehbaz Sharif's authorities introduced a caretaker authorities will take over on 9 August, triggering the three-month march in direction of an election anticipated in November. Image: Imran Khan's arrest in May sparked protests throughout Pakistan. Pic: AP The final time Mr Khan was arrested again in May, it sparked widespread protest and clashes between his supporters and the police. Milit...

MELEKHOVO, Russia — A Russian court docket convicted imprisoned opposition chief Alexei Navalny of extremism fees and sentenced him to 19 years in jail Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year time period on a wide range of fees that he says have been politically motivated. ...