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Pakistan's prime minister has declared a nationwide day of mourning for individuals who died when a fishing trawler full of individuals sank off the coast of Greece.Up to 750 males, girls and kids from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan have been on board the vessel attempting to achieve Europe. More than 500 individuals are presumed to have drowned when the vessel sank on Wednesday.Local media has reported that at the very least 298 Pakistanis died, 135 from the Pakistani aspect of Kashmir.To date 104 survivors have been rescued and 78 our bodies have been recovered. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that 12 Pakistanis have been among the many survivors. A complete from 310 individuals have been on board.No survivors or our bodies have been di...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s authorities on Sunday granted a pro-settlement firebrand authority over planning within the occupied West Bank and lifted pink tape on the settlement housing approval course of, Israeli media reported. ...

LUCKNOW, India — At least 96 individuals died in two of India’s most populous states over the past a number of days, officers mentioned Sunday, with swaths of the nation reeling from a sweltering warmth wave. ...

Authorities in Austria have mentioned they stopped a possible assault on Vienna's Pride parade by three younger Islamic State sympathisers. The suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, had been arrested initially of Saturday's occasion, which is attended by round 300,000 folks, broadcaster ORF reported. The intelligence service stored the suspects beneath "constant control" after receiving superior data of the alleged plans. Various items of proof, together with weapons, had been uncovered throughout home searches on Saturday earlier than the arrest of the trio was ordered by the St Poelten public prosecutor's workplace.All three suspects, whose identities weren't revealed, had been Austrian residents of Bosnian and Chechen origin. One of which was already id...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken obtained a frosty reception late Saturday as he arrived in Beijing, with nearly no fanfare and no crimson carpet ceremony as the highest U.S. diplomat kicked off a sequence of high-stakes conferences together with his Chinese counterparts. ...

A 76-year-old lady who was wrongly declared lifeless and shocked members of the family by knocking on her coffin has now handed away.Bella Montoya spent seven days in intensive care however died on Friday night after struggling a stroke, Ecuador's well being ministry stated. She was below "permanent surveillance" after the weird incident within the metropolis of Babahoyo, which prompted a authorities investigation into the hospital.A technical committee has additionally been shaped to overview how the hospital points dying certificates. Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant 0:21 ...

A referendum is being held in Switzerland to determine on a local weather invoice geared toward introducing new measures to avoid wasting the nation's melting glaciers.Swiss voters are heading to the polls after a marketing campaign by scientists and environmentalists argued that the nation's greenhouse fuel emissions have to be diminished. Campaigners are backing a authorities plan that requires Switzerland to realize "net zero" emissions by 2050, after initially proposing much more bold measures.They argue that the nation will probably be laborious hit by international warming and is already seeing the results of rising temperatures as glaciers soften at an alarming charge. Image: Chunks of ice float in a lake in entrance of Rh...

Brazil's soccer group wore black shirts as an alternative of yellow for the primary time ever in a stand towards racism. During a pleasant towards Guinea in Barcelona on Saturday, the Brazilian group performed the complete first-half in darkish colors - and took the knee earlier than altering again into their vibrant kits. It comes after participant Vinicius Jr was focused with racist abuse when Real Madrid took on Valencia at a Spanish league sport in May.The 22-year-old Brazilian-born participant was handed a crimson card for violent conduct throughout the sport at Valencia's Mestalla floor after changing into enraged and declaring supporters taunting him from the stands. Image: Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr imitates the abuse dire...

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) - At final, assist got here for Vitalii Shpalin. From a distance, he noticed the small Ukrainian rescue boat traversing floodwaters that had submerged the 60-year-old’s complete neighborhood after a catastrophic dam collapse within the nation’s embattled south. ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Beijing.His arrival marks the primary go to of a prime American diplomat to China in 5 years, as relations between the 2 international locations have turn into more and more frosty. Having postponed a February journey after a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over US airspace, Mr Blinken is ready to turn into the highest-ranking US authorities official to go to China since President Joe Biden took workplace in January 2021.During his journey he's anticipated to satisfy with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, China's prime diplomat Wang Yi and probably President Xi Jinping.The purpose of the go to is to ascertain open and strong communication channels between Washington and Beijing, to make sure the American/Chinese strategi...