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Seoul, July 15 (IANS) Heavy rains have killed 21 people and caused thousands to evacuate their homes across South Korea, authorities said on Saturday.Officials said 10 people remained missing and nine others were injured.Most fatalities were reported from the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang, where 16 people died largely due to landslides and housing collapses.The death toll is feared to rise as government agencies assess damage reported across the nation.Some 6,400 residents in the central county of Goesan were evacuated, as the Goesan Dam began to overflow. Many low-lying villages near the dam were submerged, and roads and bridges connecting…

Seoul, July 15 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Saturday, sending a strong signal of support for the war-torn nation, his office said.Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee arrived in Ukraine following a three-day official visit to Poland, according to senior presidential secretary for press affairs Kim Eun-hye.He will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later in the day and likely discuss areas where South Korea can provide additional aid, reports Yonhap News Agency.Earlier Saturday, Yoon visited the site of mass killings in Bucha, near Kiev, before visiting Irpin, a civilian residential…

Tokyo, July 15 (IANS) The annual number of students entering university in Japan from 2040 to 2050 is expected to be about 500,000, some 130,000 fewer than in 2022, an Education Ministry report revealed.Enrollment will be 510,000 or less after 2040 and is put at around 490,000 in 2050, down from about 630,000 last year, according to the projection submitted to a subcommittee of the Central Council for Education, Xinhua news agency reported.The Ministry calculated future enrollment by taking the number of 18-year-olds expected by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, and multiplying that by the percentage…

Geneva, July 15 (IANS) So far this year, around 11 children have died or been lost at sea every week while trying to cross the central Mediterranean route to Europe, according to the Unicef.In its latest update, Unicef estimates that since 2018, around 1,500 children have died or gone missing during the perilous journey, reports Xinhua news agency.These figures don’t include the situations where vessels were lost at sea with no survivors or leaving behind no records, meaning the actual numbers are probably much higher.”In an attempt to find safety, reunite with families, and seek a more hopeful future, too…

Cairo, July 15 (IANS) Egypt is scheduled to launch this year’s month-long summer sale on August 7, with retail stores nationwide to sell products at lower prices, local media reported.Shops that intend to participate in the sale need to obtain approval from the Supply and Internal Trade directorates beforehand, the English-language daily Egyptian Gazette reported, citing a statement by Ali Moselhi, minister of supply and internal trade.The shops must declare goods prices before and after the sale, Xinhua news agency quoted the Minister as saying.Supply and Internal Trade Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Kamal said the event was aimed at encouraging Egyptians…

Dublin, July 15 (IANS) Ireland’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 9.4 per cent in 2022, slightly less than the 12 per cent estimate published in March, the country’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) said.Calculated at constant prices, the country’s GDP amounted to 475 billion euros ($533 billion) in 2022, an increase of nearly 41 billion euros compared to 2021, Xinhua news agency quoted the CSO as saying.On Friday, the CSO also published the revised GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2023, which showed a 2.8 per cent contraction compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. This was slightly…

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The low-lying areas, which are submerged in water, can become epicenter of pandemic diseases for locals, who even after repeated warning play in the stagnant water.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also tweeted that people should avoid it as it can be fatal.Dr. Om Prakash Jhakar of Indira Gandhi Hospital (Delhi Government) told IANS that those who were playing in the water should take it seriously, as the situation might turn ugly in the coming days.“Malaria and cholera are common these days. Water can also lead to skin-related problems. People should understand the gravity of the…

Washington, July 16 (IANS) About a third of Americans have been in the grip of a brutal heatwave, with excessive heat warnings in effect in 15 states, from Washington and California on the West Coast down to Arizona, Texas and Florida in the south, impacting about 100 million Americans. And there are no signs of a let up. Not yet.And there are areas that have seen unusually high rainfall and flooding as well.“An extremely dangerous heatwave will build over the Southwest into the weekend, and likely peak in intensity on Sunday for much of the region. Dangerous heat may continue…

Karachi, July 16 (IANS) Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir met Iran’s top military leaders to discuss bilateral matters relating to defence and security cooperation and stressed that his country was ready to solidify the ties and use the most suitable solutions to address security challenges and the presence and activities of terrorist elements at the border, local media reported.Gen Munir, who reached Iran on a two-day visit on Saturday with a high-ranking military delegation, met Iran’s top general, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, in Tehran and discussed ways to improve bilateral interactions “to develop the level of cooperation in…

Tokyo, July 16 (IANS) Continuing heavy rain in the Japan’s northeast is causing extensive flooding and raising risks of landslides, country’s weather agency said on Sunday.According to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Akita observed record rainfalls of 243 mm over a 48-hour period through 11 a.m. local time. The city and its surrounding area were flooded after a river that runs through the city breached its banks.A landslide alert was issued to part of Akita, Iwate and Yamagata prefectures, Xinhua news agency reported.The weather agency warned that even after rain weakens or stops, overflowing water from smaller rivers will converge into…