More than 3,000 people are believed to have died in devastating floods across eastern Libya. According to Tamer Ramadan, Libya envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, another 10,000 people are believed to be missing.
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The first Africa Climate Summit opens
The first African Climate Summit is opening with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least. Kenyan President William Ruto’s government and the African Union launched the ministerial session on Monday while more than a dozen heads of state began to arrive, determined to wield more global influence and bring in far more financing and support.
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Canada military shoot down new unidentified object
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the takedown of an unidentified airborne object over Canada on Saturday, the third such aerial incursion into North American airspace this month, prompting alarm across the continent. According to the Pentagon, The high-altitude object was identified over Alaska late Friday evening and monitored by US military aircraft as it crossed into Canada.
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Civilians killed in Russian shelling of Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian officials say about two dozen civilians were killed and wounded as Russia continued its shelling of civilian-populated areas in the east and south of the country. At least three civilians were killed and eight wounded in Russian shelling of Kostyantynivka, a city in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak said 16 apartment buildings, eight private houses, a kindergarten, and an administrative building had been damaged in the attacks.
