Headlines- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- After US forces struck two rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran says to have attacked US bases in Jordan.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that several Iranian fighters and civilians were killed and injured in the US attack on Larak Island.
- Since resuming its naval blockade of Iran on July 14, US Central Command claimed to have diverted 83 commercial vessels, disabled three, and boarded two.
- Guinea-Bissau held a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to grant the president additional authority.
- At least eight people died, 237 have been rescued, and 23 are still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday.
- NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is intended to survey the universe on a never-before-seen scale while investigating far-off planets, exploding stars, and black holes.
Tag: British War Veteran
May 1, 2020
UN Secretary-General Wishes Happy 100th Birthday...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres wishes happy birthday to Tom Moore on his 100th birthday. Mr Moore is a World War II veteran from the United Kingdom who walked around in his garden to raise money for Britain’s National Health Service. Next to Mr Moore is his daughter Hannah. Today is also Mr. Guterres’ birthday