Four of 40 infants in the newborn-care unit of a government hospital died in central India when a fire swept through the unit late on Monday, government officials said, the latest in a string of hospital fires in the country this year that have killed dozens. The other newborns at Kamla Nehru Hospital in Madhya… Read More Four newborns dead following fire incident at hospital in central India
Robinhood Markets Inc said on Monday a third party had obtained access to the email addresses of about five million of its customers. The fee-free broker said the full names of a different group of about two million people were also exposed in the breach, while 310 people had more personal information, including names, birth,… Read More Robinhood says data of about five million customers exposed in security breach
The U.S. Justice Department charged a Ukraine national and a Russian in one of the worst ransomware attacks against American targets, court filings showed on Monday. The latest U.S. actions follow a slew of measures taken to combat a surge in ransomware that has struck several big companies, including an attack on the largest fuel… Read More U.S. charges Ukrainian, Russian for major ransomware attack
Pakistan and local Taliban militants have agreed a one-month ceasefire which may be extended if both sides agree, spokesmen said on Monday, opening the possibility of a fuller peace accord to help end years of bloodshed. The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are a separate movement from the Afghan Taliban and have fought for… Read More Pakistan reaches one-month ceasefire agreement with local Taliban militants
Gunmen seized at least two villages overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with Uganda and Rwanda, a local official and an activist group said on Monday. Lieutenant-Colonel Muhindo Luanzo, assistant to the administrator of Rutshuru territory, blamed fighters from the M23, a rebel group that seized large swathes of territory… Read More Gunmen seize control of villages in eastern Congo
The Czech Republic’s prospective new centre-right prime minister promised rapid change on Monday, after reaching an agreement among a coalition of five parties to form a government and oust Prime Minister Andrej Babis following an election last month. The parties – ranging from the mildly eurosceptic Civic Democrats to the progressive Pirate Party – pledged… Read More Five Czech parties form coalition to oust PM Andrej Babis
Dozens of crossings at the Mexico-United States border reopened to non-essential travel on Monday after a 20-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though life is not quite back to normal yet along the 2,000 mile (3,200 kilometer) frontier. Ahead of reopening, hundreds of cars formed lines stretching back kilometers from the border at the… Read More U.S.-Mexico border reopens to non-essential travel following 20-month closure
An Italian judge found 70 defendants guilty in the first sentencing at one of the country’s largest-ever mafia trials. The case involves the ‘Ndrangheta clan, which is based in Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot, and is considered by prosecutors to be the most powerful mafia group in the country, easily eclipsing the more famous… Read More Italian judge convicts seventy people in major mafia case
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