A black box from a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Sri Lanka has been located, officials said Sunday, as investigators probe what caused the vessel to catch fire.

The Voyage Data Recorder, also known as a maritime "black box", enables investigators to review procedures and instructions ahead of an accident.
Sri Lankan authorities said they hope it will provide details of the ship's movements and its communications with the harbour in the capital Colombo, where it had been due to dock.
-The navy facilitated technicians to remove the VDR from the bridge which is still above the waterline- navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP.
The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl has been slowly sinking into the Indian Ocean since Wednesday after a fire that raged for nearly two weeks within sight of the coast.
The ship, carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of plastic raw materials, was heading to Colombo from Gujarat, India.
Sri Lankan officials have said an acid leak since May 11 may have sparked the blaze. Ports in Qatar and India had refused to offload the leaking nitric acid, they added.
Police on the island nation launched a criminal investigation, interviewing the vessel's skipper and chief engineer -- both Russians -- and its chief officer, an Indian, and seizing their passports.
Authorities are bracing for a possible oil spill after the stern submerged. There has been no sign of any leaks so far, they added.
Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship swamped an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of beach declared off-limits for residents. Fishing in the area was also banned.
Sri Lankan environmentalists on Friday sued the government and the ship's operators for allegedly failing to prevent what they called the "worst marine disaster" in the country's history.

The Voyage Data Recorder, also known as a maritime "black box", enables investigators to review procedures and instructions ahead of an accident

The Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics has been slowly sinking after a fire

Sri Lanka recovers black box from sinking ship

A man armed with a knife killed six people and wounded 14 others in a city in eastern China, state media reported Sunday.

The attack occurred Saturday afternoon in the streets of Anqing, Anhui province, 430 kilometres (270 miles) west of Shanghai, state television CCTV said.
The suspect was arrested and an investigation was under way to determine the circumstances of the attack that unfolded in a pedestrian shopping street, Anqing Public Security Bureau said in a statement released on the Weibo social network.
Quoting the bureau, CCTV said the suspect was 25 years old, unemployed and "angry".
The authorities had earlier reported five dead. A badly injured victim died in hospital on Saturday, CCTV said.
Knife attacks are not uncommon in China, which heavily restricts access to firearms.
In April, a man with a knife killed two children and injured 16 others at a nursery school in southern China.
In 2018, a man who stabbed nine children to death and wounded another 11 in northern China was sentenced to death.
Violent crime has risen in China in recent decades as the country's economic boom has created a bigger gap between rich and poor.
Studies have also described a rise in the prevalence of mental disorders

CCTV said the suspect was 25 years old, unemployed and "angry"

The attack occurred Saturday afternoon in the streets of Anqing

Man with knife kills six in China

The international airport in DR Congo's eastern city of Goma reopened Saturday, two weeks after a deadly eruption of a nearby volcano, when the prime minister arrived to take stock of the situation.

-The airport is reopened- Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde said upon disembarking from the plane with other ministers shortly after 2:00 pm (1200 GMT).
-I am happy to finally be here in Goma to bring a message of support- the premier said.
-We have also come to take stock of the situation in which the displaced find themselves- he said before heading to the Goma Volcano Observatory.
About 400,000 residents out of an estimated 600,000 left the North Kivu provincial capital after a brief one-day eruption of Nyiragongo, a strato-volcano nearly 3,500 metres (11,500 feet) high that straddles the East African Rift tectonic divide.
Thirty-two people died from lava burns or asphyxiation after the May 22-23 eruption, and two more died in accidents during the exodus.
During a cabinet meeting on Friday, the prime minister said the country's scientits had observed a decline in volcanic activity in the preceding four days.
-If this trend is maintained, the central government, in agreement with the provincial government, will envisage a progressive and orderly return of the population- the cabinet said.
During his visit the prime minister will study the security situation in Kivu where the state of siege declared a month ago has been extended by the parliament for another month to fight armed groups.
The same state of siege has been decreed and extended in neighbouring Ituri province.

Thirty-two people died from lava burns or asphyxiation after the May 22-23 eruption, and two more died in accidents during the exodus

About 400,000 residents out of an estimated 600,000 left the North Kivu provincial capital after a brief one-day eruption of Nyiragongo, a strato-volcano nearly 3,500 metres (11,500 feet) high that straddles the East African Rift tectonic divide

Goma airport reopens two weeks after volcanic eruption

Three U.S. senators will visit Taiwan on Sunday and will meet President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss security and other issues, Taiwan's government and the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei said on Saturday, a trip that will likely irritate China.

The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with the island that is claimed by China, but is its most important international backer and supplier of arms.
Tammy Duckworth and Dan Sullivan of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Christopher Coons of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will visit the island on Sunday as part of a larger trip to to the Indo-Pacific region, the American Institute in Taiwan said.

-The bipartisan congressional delegation will meet with senior Taiwan leaders to discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations, regional security, and other significant issues of mutual interest- it added.

Taiwan's presidential office said Tsai would meet the three at Taipei's downtown Songshan airport on Sunday morning, and expressed thanks for the show of support, especially at a time when the island is dealing with a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Taiwan has also complained about China trying to block the island from accessing vaccines internationally, which Beijing has denied.
In recent months China has increased pressure on democratically-ruled Taiwan as it tries to assert its sovereignty, including regularly flying military aircraft into Taiwan's air defence zone.
China routinely denounces visits of foreign officials to Taiwan, calling them an interference in the country's internal affairs.

Tammy Duckworth and Dan Sullivan of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Christopher Coons of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will visit the island on Sunday as part of a larger trip to to the Indo-Pacific region

Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) speaks during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. May 7, 2020.

Three U.S. senators to visit Taiwan, trip likely to irritate China

Nigerian telecoms firms blocked access to Twitter on Saturday following a regulatory directive aimed at suspending the U.S. social media giant indefinitely, a move criticised by rights campaigners and diplomats as a gag on free speech.

Nigeria's government said on Friday it had suspended Twitter's activities indefinitely, two days after the platform removed a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists in the West African country.&nbsp;The country's main telecoms industry body, the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), confirmed the suspension.
-Based on national interest provisions ... our members have acted in compliance with the directives of the Nigerian Communications Commission- ALTON said.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday the government had acted because of "the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence".
He did not say what form the suspension would take.Twitter, which could not immediately be reached to comment on Saturday, said a day earlier it was investigating its "deeply concerning" suspension by the Nigerian government.
Buhari's government, which runs Africa's largest economy, last year proposed legislation to regulate social media following protests against alleged police brutality which were galvanized by a campaign on Twitter.
The demonstrations demanding police reforms drew global attention.
Rights group Amnesty International condemned Twitter's suspension in a tweet and called on Nigerian authorities to "immediately reverse the unlawful suspension and other plans to gag the media, repress the civic space, and undermine Nigerians' human rights".
Buhari, who was Nigeria's military ruler in the 1980s, has previously been accused of cracking down on freedom of expression. His government has denied such accusations.
Gill Atkinson, the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, wrote in a tweet on Saturday that "all Nigerians have the right to freedom of speech and the responsibility not to misuse that right".
-Any action taken by government must be measured, proportionate and not suppress basic freedoms- she said.

Twitter, which could not immediately be reached to comment on Saturday, said a day earlier it was investigating its "deeply concerning" suspension by the Nigerian government

Rights group Amnesty International condemned Twitter's suspension in a tweet and called on Nigerian authorities to "immediately reverse the unlawful suspension and other plans to gag the media, repress the civic space, and undermine Nigerians' human rights"

Nigerian telecoms firms suspend access to Twitter

At least 100 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, local media reported on Saturday.

In the night from Friday to Saturday, terrorists raided the village of Yagha in northern Sahel region, and opened fire on residents and villagers, according to AIB news agency.
The attackers also set fire to houses and a market place belonging to the people of the region.
The death toll is feared to rise.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore announced three days of national mourning starting Saturday night.
According to UN figures, more than 850 people have been killed and 1.1 million people have been displaced since 2015 in terrorist attacks in the country.

President announces 3 days of national mourning as of Saturday night

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore announced three days of national mourning starting Saturday night

Terrorist attack kills over 100 civilians in Burkina Faso

Recent floods in Somalia's southern province of Middle Shabelle displaced thousands of families and destroyed crops on vast agricultural land.

Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State, and its surrounding areas were heavily hit by the floods, threatening a dire humanitarian crisis in the region.
Mohamed Abdullahi Adan, a 40-year-old father of 6, told Anadolu Agency over the phone on Friday that they are facing a humanitarian crisis after the floods cut them off from the rest of the country.
-The river flooded our agricultural lands and destroyed crops. We need urgent humanitarian assistance and the only way to do that in some areas is by air because all the roads are completely cut off- said Adan, who lives in a village located 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the town of Jowhar.
Describing the current situation in the region as a "dire humanitarian situation", Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who visited the flood-hit areas Thursday, urged the international community to provide humanitarian assistance.
-The flood-hit areas around Jowhar city are totally isolated and can only be reached by boat or air. The recent floods in Jowhar have affected thousands of families while destroying vast agricultural lands- Somali government spokesman, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu, said after the visit.
In a statement Friday, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said flooding in Somalia has affected 400,000 people in 14 districts since late April, of whom 101,300 people have been displaced from their homes mostly in Middle Shabelle. In Jowhar district, 66,000 people are displaced, the UN office said.

Somali premier calls for aid as UN humanitarian office says flooding has affected 400,000 people in 14 districts

Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State, and its surrounding areas were heavily hit by the floods, threatening a dire humanitarian crisis in the region

Floods in Somalia displace thousands of families, destroy crops

Two Azerbaijani journalists and a regional official were killed in a landmine explosion Friday in a district recaptured from Armenian separatists during last year's war for Nagorno-Karabakh, officials said.

The explosion follows a series of incidents involving soldiers from Armenia and Azerbaijan along their borders that has put pressure on a Russian-brokered ceasefire ahead of elections in Armenia.
Azerbaijan's interior ministry and the office of the prosecutor general said the blast occurred around 11:00 (0700 GMT) in the region that was recently held by Armenian separatists.
-A truck was blown up by an anti-tank mine in the village of Susuzlug in the Kalbajar district, killing three civilians- the statement said.
Video published by state television, purporting to show the aftermath of the scene, showed a burnt out vehicle blown sideways on a narrow shrub-lined road, with at least one corpse visible in the grainy footage.
The statement identified the victims as journalists working for state-run AzTV station and AzerTag state news agency, as well as a local official. 
Four more people were wounded, it said.
Fighting broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia in September last year over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and claimed some 6,000 lives over six weeks.
The war was halted by a ceasefire brokered by Moscow that saw Yerevan cede swathes of territory it had controlled for decades, including the Kalbajar district.
Seven Azerbaijani troops and 15 civilians have died and 106 more were wounded in landmine explosions in and near Nagorno-Karabakh since the ceasefire, the Azerbaijani government has said.

Azerbaijan's military announced late last month it had captured six Armenian soldiers it accused of laying mines around supply routes to military positions, a claim Armenia denied.

The mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the most heavily mined regions in the former Soviet Union. 
Both Azerbaijani and Armenian forces used the weapons during a bloody conflict in the early 1990s.
In April, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev criticised Armenia for the refusal to provide Baku with maps of minefields in Nagorno-Karabakh.
He said at the time landmines were the main obstacle for the return of displaced people to the territories retaken from Armenian separatists.
Some 750,000 Azerbaijanis fled when Baku lost control of the majority Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts in the 1990's war against Armenian separatists.
Tensions have been again running high since May, when Armenia accused Azerbaijan's military of crossing its southern border to "lay siege" to a lake shared by the two countries.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the time asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for military support. 
Moscow said it would help with the delimitation and demarcation of the neighbours' borders.
Aliyev said last month that Azerbaijan was ready for peace talks with Armenia, while Pashinyan announced later the two ex-Soviet nations were holding discussions on the delimitation and demarcation of their shared borders. 
Ethnic Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan around the collapse of the Soviet Union in a conflict that claimed the lives of some 30,000 people.

The explosion follows a series of incidents involving soldiers from Armenia and Azerbaijan along their borders that has put pressure on a Russian-brokered ceasefire ahead of elections in Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh is believed to be one of the most heavily mined regions of the former Soviet Union

Mine blast kills Azerbaijani reporters, official near Karabakh

Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Egyptian capital, officials said Friday.

The blaze broke out late Thursday at the building in Al-Marg district on Cairo's northeastern outskirts, a security official told AFP.
The head of the facility, which houses around 200 girls aged between 14 and 17, was immediately detained, the official said, without elaborating.
The fire, reportedly confined to one wing of the detention facility, was brought under control by civil defence workers.
Prosecutors opened an investigation into the cause of the fire by questioning survivors, a judicial source said.
The remains of those who died were handed over to their families.
Deadly fires are a common hasard in Egypt, where many buildings are dilapidated and poorly maintained.
In March, at least 20 people died in a fire at a textile factory east of Cairo.
Seven patients were killed in a December 2020 blaze at a hospital north of the capital.

The blaze broke out late Thursday at the building in Al-Marg district

Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention center in the Egyptian capital, officials said Friday

Six teens killed in fire at Egypt detention centre

Nine railway workers were killed in northwest China on Friday after they stepped into the path of a train, state media reported.

About 50 workers were doing maintenance on a closed section of a line in Jinchang city when some of them walked onto an open track as the train approached, according to broadcaster CCTV.
The railway department has expressed its condolences and pledged to investigate how the accident occurred.
The incident has sparked outrage online and a hashtag attracted over 100 million hits on microblogging platform Weibo, as users questioned if safety measures were in place.
Deadly industrial accidents are common in China, where safety regulations are often poorly enforced.

About 50 workers were doing maintenance on a closed section of a line in Jinchang city when some of them walked onto an open track as the train approached

Deadly industrial accidents are common in China, where safety regulations are often poorly enforced

Train kills nine railway workers in northwest China

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx has offered Pope Francis his resignation from his position as Archbishop of Munich and Freising, saying the Catholic Church has reached a "dead point." 

-In essence, for me it is about sharing responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse by church officials in the past few decades- Marx wrote to the Pope, explaining his reasons for the decision.
Marx said investigations and reports of the past ten years showed him there had been "a lot of personal failure and administrative errors," but "also institutional or systemic failure."
Recent discussions have shown "that some in the church do not want to acknowledge this element of co-responsibility and thus also complicity of the institution and are therefore opposed to any reform and renewal dialogue in connection with the abuse crisis," he said in the letter on May 21.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Germany's most senior Catholic cleric has offered his resignation to Pope Francis. He said in his letter that he wanted to take a share of responsibility "for the catastrophe of sexual abuse" by members of the Church

Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx offers resignation to Pope

The pandemic-driven labor market crisis is not going to end anytime soon, and employment growth will not be enough to cover the losses suffered at least until 2023, according to the latest projections by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

The Geneva-based UN agency warned in its latest flagship report, "World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021," that COVID-19 risks leaving a legacy of increased geographical and demographic inequality in the labor market, the spread of poverty, and the decline of decent work.
As the latest assessments showed, global unemployment is projected to see 205 million people in 2022, and will far exceed the 2019 figure of 187 million.
This corresponds to an unemployment rate of 5.7%. Excluding the period covered by the COVID-19 crisis, such a rate was last seen in 2013.
The ILO also said the job/employment gap caused by the global crisis will rise to 75 million in 2021 before falling to 23 million in 2022.
The most affected regions in the first half of 2021 are Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Europe and Central Asia. In both regions, estimated uptime losses exceed 8% in the first quarter and 6% in the second.
Also, global working time losses in the aforementioned two quarters are 4.8% and 4.4% respectively.

<h2>COVID-19 crisis worsens pre-existing inequalities ​​​​​​​</h2>

The report also found that the COVID-19 crisis, which hit vulnerable workers harder, has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities.

Due to the absence of social protection, for example, two billion workers around the world have been working in the informal sector, and work disruptions associated with the global pandemic have had a disastrous effect on families' incomes and livelihoods.
The crisis has also disproportionately affected women.
Female employment decreased by 5% in 2020, while male employment fell by 3.9% during the same period.
The proportion of women leaving the labor market was higher than that of men.

Global unemployment projected to see 205M people in 2022 to far exceed 2019 figure of 187M

As the latest assessments showed, global unemployment is projected to see 205 million people in 2022, and will far exceed the 2019 figure of 187 million

UN labor agency warns pandemic-driven jobs crisis far from over

China on Thursday said it has sent a new-generation meteorological satellite into the space.

The country’s indigenously-built Long March-3B rocket carried the satellite, named Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), into the planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, state-run Xinhua News reported.
The report said FY-4B will be used in the fields of weather analysis and forecasting, and environmental and disaster monitoring.
It was 372nd flight mission of the Long March rocket series.
The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology developed the satellite while the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology produced the rocket – the two subsidiaries of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
China Meteorological Administration will be controlling the construction and operation of the satellite's ground application system.

New satellite will be used for weather analysis, forecasting, and environmental, disaster monitoring

The report said FY-4B will be used in the fields of weather analysis and forecasting, and environmental and disaster monitoring

China sends new-generation meteorological satellite into space

US President Joe Biden is preparing on Thursday to embark on his first overseas trip next week, including stops in the UK, Belgium and Switzerland.

Biden will meet several leaders "to highlight America’s commitment to restoring our alliances, revitalizing the Transatlantic relationship, and working in close cooperation with our allies and multilateral partners to address global challenges," the White House said Thursday.
He will meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on June 10 to affirm the enduring strength of the special relationship between the two countries. On June 13, Biden will meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle.
Biden will later travel to Brussels where he will participate in a NATO summit on June 14.
The US president will also meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "discuss the full range of bilateral and regional issues," according to the White House.
Biden will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Switzerland.
In Geneva, Biden will also meet Swiss President Guy Parmelin and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis.

Biden, Erdogan to 'discuss the full range of bilateral and regional issues,' says White House

Erdogan, Putin among leaders Biden will meet on first overseas trip

Sri Lanka was preparing Thursday for a possible major oil leak from the burnt-out cargo ship sinking off Colombo's main harbour, as worsening weather stalled salvage efforts.

The Marine Environment Protection Authority readied oil dispersants and skimmers in case of a leak from the MV X-Press Pearl, which had 350 tonnes of fuel oil on board when it caught fire two weeks ago.
The vessel, which burned for 13 days until Tuesday, has already caused the island's worst maritime environmental disaster, littering beaches with tonnes of tiny plastic pellets.
With the stern now on the sea bed and the bow slowly sinking, environmentalists fear an oil leak would cause even greater degradation to marine life.
An Indian coastguard vessel in the area has equipment to deal with any oil slick, according to the Sri Lankan navy, which requested assistance with the operation.
Sri Lanka's Harbour Master Nirmal Silva said no oil had leaked in the past 36 hours.
-Looking at the way the ship burnt, expert opinion is that bunker oil may have burnt out, but we are preparing for the worst-case scenario- Silva said.
Two-metre (six-feet) waves, rain and strong winds prevented salvage experts going on board to assess whether the ship could be refloated and moved further out to sea, he added.
Alternatively it could be broken apart in the relatively shallow water.

Sri Lanka's private Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) fears the disaster may also cause heavy metal pollution.

The Singapore-registered vessel was carrying 81 containers of "dangerous cargo" including acids and lead ingots.
-There is a chemical soup in that sea area- CEJ executive director Hemantha Withanage told AFP. -The damage to the marine ecosystem is incalculable.-However, he said the silver lining was that there was no sign of an oil spill yet.
Some oil was spotted near the beaches of Negombo, about 40 kilometres from Colombo, but the cause was not clear.

The escape of microplastic granules from the ship's cargo has already forced a fishing ban and prompted concern for the marine environment as well as the local economy.

-The ban is affecting 4,300 families in my village- said Denzil Fernando, head of the Sea Street Fishermen's Association in Negombo.
-Most people live on one meal a day, how long can we go on like this?- Fernando told AFP. -Either the government must allow us to fish or give us compensation.-Authorities believe the fire was caused by a nitric acid leak which the crew apparently knew about nine days before the blaze started.
Police said three officers from the ship -- two Russians and an Indian -- had been questioned and their passports impounded.
The ship was heading to Colombo from India. Its 25 crew were evacuated last week. Two suffered minor injuries.

The vessel, which burned for 13 days until Tuesday, has already caused the island's worst maritime environmental disaster, littering beaches with tonnes of tiny plastic pellets

The MV X-Press Pearl was heading to Sri Lanka with hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics on board when it caught fire

Sri Lanka prepares for worst oil spill as weather hits ship salvage

Gunmen seized 136 children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria at the weekend, the state government said, the latest in a string of such incidents plaguing Africa's most populous nation.

The Niger state government first reported the raid on the school in the town of Tegina on Monday, but did not indicate the number of children seized.
Armed gangs are terrorising inhabitants in northwest and central Nigeria by looting villages, stealing cattle, and taking people hostage. 
More than 700 children and students have already been kidnapped by gunmen for ransom since December.
-Niger State Government has confirmed the number of students abducted by bandits at the Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina... to be 136- the local government wrote on Twitter late on Wednesday.
The state deputy governor Alh Ahmed Mohammed Ketso said that security agencies were "doing their best but don't have enough logistics," adding that more help was needed to equip them to confront the criminals.
The attackers did release 11 of the pupils who were "too small and couldn't walk" very far, the authorities previously said.
The Niger state government said it did not pay ransoms. 
-We are trying to negotiate to see how we can bring them back safely- the deputy governor said.

More than 700 children and students have already been kidnapped by gunmen for ransom since December

Niger deputy governor Alh Ahmed Mohammed Ketso (left) gives a briefing on 2 June 2021 on the kidnapping of 136 schoolchildren

Sri Lanka recovers black box from sinking ship

Man with knife kills six in China

Goma airport reopens two weeks after volcanic eruption

Three U.S. senators to visit Taiwan, trip likely to irritate China

Nigerian telecoms firms suspend access to Twitter

Terrorist attack kills over 100 civilians in Burkina Faso

Floods in Somalia displace thousands of families, destroy crops

Mine blast kills Azerbaijani reporters, official near Karabakh

Six teens killed in fire at Egypt detention centre

Train kills nine railway workers in northwest China

Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx offers resignation to Pope

UN labor agency warns pandemic-driven jobs crisis far from over

China sends new-generation meteorological satellite into space

Erdogan, Putin among leaders Biden will meet on first overseas trip

Sri Lanka prepares for worst oil spill as weather hits ship salvage

Gunmen kidnapped 136 from Islamic school in Nigeria on Sunday

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Sri Lanka recovers black box from sinking ship

Man with knife kills six in China

Goma airport reopens two weeks after volcanic eruption

Three U.S. senators to visit Taiwan, trip likely to irritate China

Nigerian telecoms firms suspend access to Twitter

Terrorist attack kills over 100 civilians in Burkina Faso

Floods in Somalia displace thousands of families, destroy crops

Mine blast kills Azerbaijani reporters, official near Karabakh

Six teens killed in fire at Egypt detention centre

Train kills nine railway workers in northwest China

Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx offers resignation to Pope

UN labor agency warns pandemic-driven jobs crisis far from over

China sends new-generation meteorological satellite into space

Erdogan, Putin among leaders Biden will meet on first overseas trip

Sri Lanka prepares for worst oil spill as weather hits ship salvage

Gunmen kidnapped 136 from Islamic school in Nigeria on Sunday