ANCHORAGE, United States -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he had a "very productive meeting" with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, the U.S. state of Alaska.
The two presidents held a joint press conference after concluding their talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in the city of Anchorage.
Trump said at the press conference that there were many points agreed on, adding that the two sides made some headway, but there was no deal.
Putin said he agrees that the security of Ukraine should be ensured. He said the agreement he reached with Trump will bring closer that goal and pave the path toward peace in Ukraine. (U.S.-Russia-Meeting)
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MOSCOW -- Five people were killed and 112 were injured after a factory fire on Friday in western Russia's Ryazan Region, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
About 350 specialists and more than 80 units of equipment are working on site, the ministry said, adding that two people were rescued from the rubble.
The fire broke out at around 10:30 a.m. local time (0730 GMT) in a production workshop of a factory in Lesnoy, Shilovsky District, the regional operational headquarters said earlier in the day. (Russia-Ryazan-Fire)
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OSLO -- One person was killed and several others were injured on Friday afternoon when a passenger train collided with a farm vehicle and derailed in southern Denmark, local authorities said.
The InterCityLyn 951 service, carrying about 95 passengers, was traveling between Tinglev and Kliplev on its way to Sonderborg when it struck the vehicle at a level crossing south of Bjerndrup, according to Denmark's national rail operator DSB. The front carriage derailed and overturned in a field, DSB CEO Flemming Jensen said. (Denmark-Accident)
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GAZA -- At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Civil Defense said.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the Civil Defense Authority, told Xinhua seven people were killed in an airstrike that targeted a tent housing displaced persons in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in western Gaza City.
Since Israel resumed its intensified military campaign on March 18, at least 10,300 Palestinians have been killed and 43,234 injured, bringing the overall death toll in Gaza since the war began in October 2023 to 61,827, with a total of 155,275 people injured, according to health authorities in Gaza on Friday. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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ALGIERS -- At least 18 people were killed and nine injured on Friday when a passenger bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a streambed in El Harrach, east of Algiers, Algeria's Civil Protection agency said.
The accident occurred at around 5:45 p.m. (1645 GMT), the agency said. Two of the injured were in critical condition.(Bus-Crash-Casualties)
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PRAGUE -- An explosion at the Synthesia chemical plant in the Czech city of Pardubice injured three individuals on Friday afternoon, with two of them in life-threatening condition.
Synthesia said on its website that the operational accident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. and was "resolved immediately." The company added that there was no further risk to the surrounding area and that an investigation into the cause is underway in cooperation with the Czech Police.
According to its website, Synthesia is a major European specialty chemicals manufacturer, operating four strategic business units: pigments and dyes, organic chemistry, nitrocellulose, and power engineering.(Czech Republic-Blast) ■
