(Reuters) - Freight train cars derailed and a storage tank containing diesel fuel caught fire in the southern Russian region of Volgograd due to "outside interference," Russian officials said on Tuesday.
"As a result of interference by unauthorised persons into the operation of railway transport, cars of a freight train derailed at the Kotluban station," Russian Railways said in a statement on its website.
"According to preliminary... (continue reading...)
VIENNA (Reuters) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people in the European Union face less discrimination but more physical or sexual attacks than three years ago, a vast survey by an EU rights body showed on Tuesday.
The online survey of more than 100,000 people who identify as LGBTIQ carried out in June, July and August of 2023 found only slight overall changes compared with the previous such survey three years... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - A power line and nearly two dozen houses were damaged in Ukraine's latest air attack on the city of Belgorod, the administrative centre of the Russian border region of Belgorod, the governor of the region said on Tuesday.
"Several air targets were shot down on approach to the city," Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
"According to preliminary information, there is one casualty - a woman has... (continue reading...)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least 14 people have died and dozens were injured after a huge billboard fell on them during a thunderstorm in India's financial capital Mumbai, according to local authorities.
The billboard collapsed on some houses and a petrol station next to a busy road in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar following gusty winds and rain late on Monday.
Scores were trapped following the incident with rescue operations continuing... (continue reading...)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday called for full information from British authorities on the arrests of three men, including a manager at a Hong Kong government office in the UK, who were charged with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service.
Speaking to reporters a day after the men appeared in a British court, Lee confirmed that one of the men, Bill Yuen, was a university classmate who was photographed with Lee in... (continue reading...)
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