SAO PAULO -- The death toll from the storms and floods in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 136, with 125 people still missing and 756 more injured, the state's civil defense agency said Saturday.
Since the rains began on April 29, the state has so far recorded 339,925 people displaced, 71,398 in shelters and more than 2 million affected in 444 of the 497 municipalities. (Brazil-Floods-Death Toll)
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OTTAWA -- Canadian police have arrested a fourth Indian national related to last year's murder of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, local media reported Saturday.
Amandeep Singh, who had already been in custody in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Canada's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Saturday afternoon, CTV News reported. (Canada-Indian National-Arrest)
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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday approved the structure of Russia's new government, which will consist of one first deputy prime minister and nine deputy prime ministers.
According to the new decree "On the Structure of Federal Executive Bodies" which Putin signed, the new government will see a shift in the distribution of responsibilities among the deputies, one of whom will act as the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District. (Russia-Putin-Government)
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TOKYO -- Japan is set to destroy 77 percent of the COVID-19 oral medications it purchased as they remain unused, local media reported.
The Japanese government secured the oral drugs for 5.6 million people during the pandemic, but those for 4.3 million people remain unused, Kyodo News reported Saturday, citing an estimate based on government data. (Japan-COVID-Medications) ■
