JAKARTA -- One sand mining worker was killed and three others were missing after being buried by a landslide on Tuesday in the Indonesian province of East Java, an official said in a statement on Wednesday.
The miners were reportedly working on sand mining near a cliff at the banks of a river in Pronojowo village in the Lumajang area.
Patria Dwi Hastiadi, head of the Lumajang disaster mitigation agency, said one miner managed to escape. (Indonesia-Landslide)
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WASHINGTON -- The United States will maintain its policy of not sending military advisors to Ukraine, a top U.S. national security official said Tuesday.
"As we've said several times on the record, we are not planning to send U.S. military advisors or troops, trainers to train Ukrainians in Ukraine," said U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. (US-Ukraine-Military Training)
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NEW DELHI -- India's ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has secured a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament), winning the 2024 Indian general elections.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) released the official data on its website early Wednesday, suggesting that the NDA is all set to form the next government. (India-Election)
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LJUBLJANA -- The Slovenian Parliament on Tuesday voted to approve the proposal of recognizing the statehood of Palestine, a move the legislator body said would hopefully help stop the violence in Gaza.
Fifty-two parliamentary members out of 90 seats voted for the recognition, making Slovenia, currently a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the fourth European country after Spain, Norway and Ireland in recent weeks to make the decision. (Slovenia-Palestine) ■
