RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The death toll from heavy rains last week in the Brazilian city of Recife and its metropolitan area has risen to 126, with two people still missing, the government of the northeastern state of Pernambuco said Thursday. At least 9,302 people have been driven from their...
LONDON (AFP) - Andrew Fletcher, a founding member of the British electronic band Depeche Mode, had died aged 60, the band announced Thursday. "We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher," it...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 18, 2021, US actor Ray Liotta attends the premiere of "No Sudden Move" during the 2021 Tribeca Festival at Battery Park in New York City. - Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has died, US media reported on May 26, 2022....
Malacañang on Saturday, May 21, condoled with the family of the late "Queen of Philippine Movies," Susan Roces, whose death is “truly a big loss" for the Filipino people. Communication Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement the Palace would like to extend its "deep condolences to the...
The Philippines has conveyed its sympathy to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the death of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (FILES) In this file photo taken on December 20, 2004 the United Arab Emirates’s President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan attends the six-nation Gulf...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide and tens of thousands of people were being isolated after falling sick. The insular country only reported its first Covid cases Thursday, saying it was moving into...
Sun Life Philippines (Sun Life) paid about P6.5 billion in death and living benefits last year amid the prolonged pandemic. In a statement, Benedict Sison, Sun Life Philippines chief executive officer and country head said on Friday, May 13, that the payout of claims and maturities fulfilled the...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday. The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region has surpassed 218 million, and 2,003,081...
View of the ruins of the Saratoga Hotel, following an explosion on the eve, in Havana, on May 7, 2022. Rescuers combed through what remained of a luxury Havana hotel Saturday, as the death toll after a powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak climbed to 26, authorities said. YAMIL LAGE / AFP...
BEIJING, China -- Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction. The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse to 26 on Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergency workers launched a massive rescue operation to pull out survivors. The...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's federal government in its newly released the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 has stated that the country recorded an increase of 6.2 percent in the death rate in the Covid-19 pandemic year. According to the report released on Tuesday in case of registered...
