Record rainfall in Japan kills 8, strands thousands at Narita airport
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted tr...
Brazilian President Lula da Silva is recovering after successful surgery in São Paulo to treat a brain haemorrhage linked to a fall at home in October, doctors have confirmed.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has successfully undergone surgery in São Paulo to address a brain haemorrhage caused by a fall at his home in October, according to a medical statement released by the government on Tuesday.
The 79-year-old leader is reported to be in good condition and is under observation in the intensive care unit.
An MRI scan conducted in Brasília on Monday evening, after Lula experienced a headache, revealed the presence of an intracranial haemorrhage. He was subsequently transferred to the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo for the procedure.
However, the injury led to the cancellation of a planned visit to Russia for the BRICS summit in Kazan, following medical advice to avoid long-haul flights temporarily.
Labour Minister Luiz Marinho was among the first politicians to express his wishes for President Lula’s swift and complete recovery on the social media platform X.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted transport and cut power to 20,000 homes.
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Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province. A man died of the virus in Bas-Uélé in the north, the African Union’s health agency said.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
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