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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev is set for a runaway victory in Bulgaria’s election, official results showed, …
Read More »Former rapper and Gen Z’s candidate poised to win Nepali election by landslide
In a resounding victory that is guaranteed to reshape Nepal’s politics, rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah appeared headed for a landslide win in the South Asian country’s first polls since youth-led protests toppled the previous government last fall. Partial results released by Nepal’s election commission late Sunday showed that the 35-year old …
Read More »Japan’s ruling party secures landslide supermajority in lower house election
The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity. Takaichi, in a televised interview with public television network NHK following her sweeping victory, said she is now …
Read More »Authorities working to identify victims of landslide that hit New Zealand campground
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. New Zealand authorities said on Saturday they were working to identify victims of a landslide that …
Read More »At least 8 dead, dozens missing in Indonesian landslide
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least …
Read More »Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election marred by violence
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared on Saturday the landslide winner of an election that set off deadly protests across the country this week over the exclusion of her main challengers. The East African nation’s electoral commission said Hassan, who took power in 2021 after the death in office of …
Read More »At least 1,000 dead after landslide in Sudan’s Darfur wipes out village
A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan ‘s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday. The tragedy happened Sunday in the village of Tarasin in …
Read More »What caused the ‘shocking’ landslide that destroyed a Himalayan village?
It was a shocking scene captured on video: a torrent of water, mud and rock slamming into the Himalayan village of Dharali with such a force that it knocked buildings from their foundations and buried homes up to their rooftops in an instant. In a video that circulated on social media and that CBC News has verified, you …
Read More »Landslide near Himachal’s Manikaran Gurudrawa: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਖਿਸਕਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਦਰੱਖਤ ਵਾਹਨਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਡਿੱਗਿਆ; ਛੇ ਹਲਾਕ, ਕਈ ਜ਼ਖਮੀ
ਸ਼ਿਮਲਾ, 30 ਮਾਰਚ ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਕੁੱਲੂ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ’ਚ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਮਨੀਕਰਨ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨੇੜੇ ਅੱਜ ਢਿੱਗਾ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਖਿਸਕਣ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਕਈ ਵਾਹਨਾਂ ਤੇ ਵੱਡਾ ਦਰੱਖਤ ਡਿੱਗਣ ਕਾਰਨ 6 ਜਣਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਜਦਕਿ ਕਈ ਹੋਰ ਜ਼ਖ਼ਮੀ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ। ਕਰੀਬ 20 ਰਾਹਗੀਰ ਅਤੇ ਕਈ ਵਾਹਨ ਦਰੱਖਤ ਦੀ ਲਪੇਟ ’ਚ ਆਏ ਸਨ। ਮ੍ਰਿਤਕਾਂ …
Read More »Heavy rain sparks landslide, flooding in Bolivian capital
A landslide caused by heavy rains after a prolonged drought in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, flooded dozens of homes early Sunday, local authorities said. It swept away a young girl, spurred evacuations and left parts of the city without electricity. Torrential rain on Saturday caused a river to …
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