THE HAGUE -- Two people were killed and two police officers injured in a stabbing incident in Hoofddorp, a town in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands, on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from Dutch police.
The police received a report of a brawl in a house around 6:05 a.m. local time in Hoofddorp. Later, police officers found two individuals "involved in a violent incident." Both died at the scene. (Netherlands-Stabbing-Death)
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ROME -- Three new sites in China were officially recognized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) on Wednesday.
The newly-designated sites are the Deqing Freshwater Pearl Mussels Composite Fishery System in Zhejiang Province, the Fuding White Tea Culture System in Fujian Province, and the Gaolan Shichuan Ancient Pear Orchard System in Gansu Province. With the latest inclusions, China continues to lead globally in the number of GIAHS sites, now totaling 25. (Italy-FAO-Agricultural-Heritage)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran is considering whether to take part in the next round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA.
He made the remarks at a ceremony in Tehran to mark the first anniversary of his predecessor Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's death in a helicopter crash on May 19 last year. (Iran-Nuke Talks-US)
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COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake directed officials to immediately repair canals and the drainage system in Colombo, given rising dengue and chikungunya cases in the Colombo District, the President's Media Division (PMD) said in a statement on Wednesday.
These directions were given during a Wednesday meeting at the Presidential Secretariat with officials from the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, along with other relevant institutions, the PMD said. (Sri Lanka-Infectious Diseases) ■
