Europe
Death toll in Russian apartment collapse rises to 33
Moscow , Jan 3 (AP/UNB) — Search crews in Russia pulled more bodies Wednesday from a huge pile of rubble where part of an apartment building collapsed, bringing the known death toll to 33 and the number of missing residents down to eight as the grim recovery work continued for a third night.
Death toll in Russian apartment collapse rises to 21
Moscow, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) — Search crews have pulled more bodies from a huge pile of rubble at a collapsed Russian apartment building, bringing the known death toll to 21.
Russian baby rescued after nearly 36 hours in frozen rubble
Moscow, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) — Laboring through sub-freezing temperatures, Russian rescue workers were digging into a sprawling heap of jagged rubble from a collapsed apartment building when one heard the faintest sound.
Theresa May says Britain can 'turn corner' with Brexit vote
London, Jan 1 (AP/UNB) — Britain's prime minister is using her new year's message to seek more political support for the proposed Brexit deal with the European Union.
Russia: 4 die in building collapse; searchers race weather
Moscow, Jan 1 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of rescue workers raced bitterly cold weather in Russia's Ural Mountains region Monday as they searched for survivors in the hulking concrete blocks from a partially collapsed apartment building where at least four people died.
Hello, 2019: Revelry, reflection mark transition to new year
Dhaka, Jan 1 (AP/UNB)-Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including political, trade and religious ones.
At least 2 killed in suspected gas explosion in Russia
Moscow, Dec 31 (Xinhua/UNB) -At least two people were killed Monday in a suspected gas blast which hit an apartment building in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk in the Ural Mountains, local media reported.
Merkel vows Germany will keep pushing for 'global solutions'
Berlin, Dec 31 (AP/UNB) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will keep pushing for global solutions to challenges in 2019 and also has to take greater responsibility in the world.
Italy's contentious budget wins government's confidence vote
Rome, Dec 30 (AP/UNB) — The lower chamber of the Italian Parliament has approved a 2019 national budget that includes funding to realize campaign promises made by leaders of Italy's populist government.
Boy, 12, survives avalanche that buried him for 40 minutes
Paris, Dec 28 (AP/UNB) — A 12-year-old boy in the French Alps was found alive and uninjured after being buried under an avalanche for 40 minutes, an event his rescuers are calling a true "miracle."