Day: May 4, 2023

India’s foreign minister holds talks with Russian, Chinese counterparts ahead of Central Asian security forum

2:17 pm May 4, 2023

India’s foreign minister held talks Thursday with counterparts from China and Russia ahead of a meeting of a Central Asian security forum. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he had detailed discussions with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on bilateral ties. “Focus remains on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas,” he tweeted […]

Napoli fans hoping for celebration as team looks to seal first Serie A title in over 3 decades

2:17 pm May 4, 2023

For the third time in five days, Napoli fans are hoping and preparing to celebrate the Italian league soccer title. Napoli can seal its first Serie A title in more than three decades — since Diego Maradona led the southern club to the 1987 and 1990 championships — if it wins or draws at Udinese […]

Detroit elementary school temporarily closes for deep cleaning to combat flu-like illness

2:16 pm May 4, 2023

A Detroit elementary school has closed for the rest of the week for a deep cleaning amid a spike in flu-like illnesses, officials said Wednesday. One of the students who fell sick, a kindergartner, died last week, according to school and health officials, though no cause had yet been determined for the death or the […]

2 dead after German train crashes into group of people

2:14 pm May 4, 2023

Two people were killed and several experienced a psychologically damaging shock in a train accident near the western German city of Cologne on Thursday, German news agency dpa reported. The train apparently crashed into a group of people who were working on the tracks close to the town of Huerth. Emergency personnel, police and psychologists […]

WHO fires scientists tasked with looking into the origins of COVID over sex misconduct

2:13 pm May 4, 2023

The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, citing sexual misconduct. Peter Ben Embarek, who led the WHO side of a joint team with scientists in China, was […]