Diasporas

Around twenty people died in South Korea after a fire at a lithium battery factory that firefighters managed to extinguish, local media reported on Monday. The fire occurred in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, at a factory belonging to South Korean battery manufacturer Aricell. “More than 100 people were working at …

The EU announced on Monday that it had sanctioned six officials in Sudan over the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported. These lists include a commanding general of the RSF, the financial advisor of RSF, as well as a prominent tribal leader …

At least 46 people died and several others were injured after a deadly landslide and torrential rains in several regions of China, particularly in the center, authorities announced on Monday. The heavy precipitation affects a large part of the country, stretching from Yunnan (southwest), bordering Vietnam, to the coastal province …

A woman who ordered an Xbox console controller on Amazon found a cobra in her package when she opened it at her home in Bangalore, reports the media India Today and 20 Minutes. In a video posted on X account (formerly Twitter) by the customer, we see the little snake …

This Thursday, June 20, the death toll from the Hajj, the great Muslim pilgrimage which took place in Saudi Arabia under intense heat, exceeded 1,000, according to a count carried out by AFP using data provided by different countries. An Arab diplomat told AFP this Thursday that 58 additional deaths …

A seven-month-old girl died in central Britain, not far from Birmingham, after being bitten on the head by her parents’ pet dog, the BBC reported. The events occurred in the afternoon, shortly after 3 p.m. “Together with our ambulance colleagues, we arrived within minutes,” local police said in a statement. …

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the United States will soon be able to benefit from regularization measures introduced by the Democratic president. This announcement by the White House on June 18 comes in the midst of the US presidential campaign, when immigration is a politically sensitive issue. Accused of …

The American Consumer Protection Agency, the FTC, indicated on Tuesday that it had made a report to the Department of Justice concerning TikTok for possible violation of the law protecting minors on the internet. The FTC explains that it initiated a follow-up investigation to ensure that the platform respected the …

Arab diplomats announced on Tuesday, June 18 that at least 550 pilgrims had died during the hajj, the great Muslim pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, the majority Egyptians due to the heat. This annual pilgrimage, from Friday to Sunday, took place this year again in the middle of summer in …

Four people were killed and 120 others injured in an earthquake in northeastern Iran on Tuesday, officials said. Iran’s state TV reported the magnitude 5.0 quake jolted the town of Kashmar, some 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tehran. Rescue teams have been deployed to the region, and …