President Joe Biden ordered another object – the fourth in total this month – to be downed. It could have interfered with commercial air traffic as it was travelling at 20,000ft. A military commander said it could be a gaseous type of balloon or some type of a propulsion system. The latest object – shot down over Lake Huron in Michigan near the Canadian border – has been described by defence officials as an unmanned octagonal structure with strings attached to it.
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Six killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal
Six people have died in a helicopter crash in Nepal. The Manang Air helicopter was carrying five Mexican passengers and a Nepali pilot. Reuters reported that Manang Air caters to tourists wanting a view of Nepal’s peaks, including Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.
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Tajikistan-Switzerland Trade Dynamics Drastically Shift In 1H2023
There has been a significant shift in Tajikistan’s trade with Switzerland from January through June 2023, compared to the previous year. The export figures from Tajikistan to Switzerland saw huge drop: the figure reached only 205,562 CFH ($234,427), while in 1H2022 it stood at 265.888 million CFH ($303.2 million).
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More than 10 million people still have no access to safe drinking water after floods struck Palestine
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF says that six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas still have no access to safe drinking water. The lack of clean water is forcing many families with no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water. The prolonged lack of access to safe drinking water and sewage systems, along with the continued proximity of vulnerable families to bodies of stagnant water, are contributing to the widespread outbreaks of waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dengue, and malaria.
