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Athens, Aug 29 (IANS) Five people lost their lives as two boats carrying migrants capsized in Greek territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, authorities said.A woman died, while her child and another 35 passengers of a boat that sank off Samos island were rescued, Xinhua news agency quoted the Hellenic Coast Guard as saying late Monday.In a similar incident that occurred off Lesvos island, four people died when a boat carrying migrants sank.Eighteen people were rescued.The victims near Lesvos were an 11-month-old baby, an 8-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular…

Jakarta, Aug 29 (IANS) Indonesia is gearing up to combat air pollution ahead of the 43rd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), scheduled in the capital city of Jakarta early next month.The current severe air pollution in Jakarta, one of the most polluted regions of the world, has led to increasing health problems among the public, reports Xinhua news agency.There have been increasing cases of acute respiratory infections since early this year caused by air pollution, the Health Ministry said on Monday.Agus Dwi Susanto, who heads the Ministry’s respiratory disease control, said that in 2022 the monthly…

Seoul, Aug 29 (IANS) The radiation levels in seawater near South Korea were found to have been within the safe range despite Japan’s release of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Seoul’s Oceans Ministry said on Tuesday.The Ministry’s emergency tests on four locations in its territorial waters and high seas showed that the concentration levels of cesium and tritium stood well below the standard set by the World Health Organization for drinking water, Vice Oceans Minister Park Sung-hoon said at a media briefing here.The South Korean government has carried out emergency radiation tests on about 30 spots…

Toronto, Aug 29 (IANS) India formed the largest cohort of global tech industry workers who flocked to Canada between April 2022 and March 2023, according to a recent report from The Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) and Canada’s Tech Network (CTN).Out of more than 32,000 tech workers, 15,097 came from India, followed by 1,808 from Nigeria, partly due to Canada’s immigration-friendly national policy and labor cost advantage, the report said. Mississauga, home to nearly 1,000 IT companies with over 300,000 tech professionals, and Montreal, where tech ecosystems have grown around 31 per cent from 2015 to 2020, were among…

New Delhi, August 29 (IANS) In what could lead to yet another diplomatic flare-up, China has released what it called the “2023 edition of the standard map” of the country showing Aksai Chin — one of the two large disputed border areas between India and China — and whole of Arunachal Pradesh within its territory, according to reports quoting local Chinese media.The map was released on Monday by China’s Ministry of Natural Resources, the reports said.The latest development has come four months after Beijing had announced in April that it will “standardise” names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh.Also the…

Miami, Aug 29 (IANS) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking a Republican nomination for the 2024 US presidential election, was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil held for the three victims of a racially-motivated attack in the city of Jacksonville, media reports said on Tuesday.About 200 people gathered at the vigil on Sunday evening which was held just a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where the 21-year-old gunman Ryan Palmeter opened fire on August 26 using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam, reports CBS News.The victims were…

Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Firing a fresh salvo at US Vice President Kamala Harris, fellow Indian-American and Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has said that the prospect of her presidency should “send a chill up every American’s spine”.In an interview to Fox News, Haley, who has called Harris “incompetent” and “unbelievably extremist”, expressed concern at the prospect of the vice president becoming leader if Democrats register a win in the 2024 presidential elections. “My concern is we cannot have Kamala Harris as President. We can’t chance this. We have to make sure that we have a new generational leader that’s…

Baghdad, Aug 29 (IANS) Three persons convicted for their involvement in the 2016 vehicle bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 300 people, have been executed, the media reported on Tuesday.The attack on July 3, 2016, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group, was the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, reports the BBC.Although there were no details on the identities of those executed or when they were sentenced, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said the executions were carried out on Sunday and Monday.The Prime Minister informed victims’ families that “the rightful punishment…

London, Aug 29 (IANS) Thousands of air passengers have been left stranded after a major outage hit UK air traffic control systems.  More than 1,200 flights were reportedly cancelled due to the outage.People are stuck in the UK and abroad after National Air Traffic Services (Nats) on Monday limited the number of planes landing, the BBC reported.Airlines and airports warned there were still “significant delays” despite the issue being fixed within hours.Holidaymakers – many of whom were returning from holidays and due to return to work on Tuesday – were braced for the chaos to continue as airlines struggle to…

Rome, Aug 29 (IANS) Train services between France and Italy were temporarily halted after a huge rockslide that blocked access to a series of tunnels.  In the mountainous regions of Italy, landslides on Monday forced the evacuation of dozens of people.Just days after a blistering heatwave, Italy is now experiencing a significant drop in temperatures with strong winds and heavy rains that cause landslides, mudslides and flood warnings, Xinhua news agency reported.According to local media, mudslides forced the evacuation of around 70 people near the Alpine city of Cortina d’Ampezzo, and a dozen others had to be taken to safety…