The resting place of the more than 800,000 people killed in the 1994 Rwanda genocide was among sites in three continents added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list as the United Nations cultural body ends a moratorium on considering memorial sites for human suffering.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador
At least 13 people died after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon. According to the United States Geological Survey, The earthquake struck near the southern town of Baláo and was more than 65 km (nearly 41 miles) deep. An estimated 461 people were injured in the quake. The government had previously reported that 16 people were killed but later revised the death toll. In the province of El Oro, at least 11 people died. At least one other death was reported in the province of Azuay.
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A boat ferrying hundreds of wedding guests overturned in the river Niger
More than 100 people are now confirmed dead after a boat ferrying hundreds of wedding guests overturned Monday in the river Niger around north-central Nigeria. According to the local police, the vessel was carrying around 250 passengers traveling back to Patigi in northcentral Kwara State after attending a wedding party in Gboti, in neighboring Niger State, when it sank early Monday, killing 106 on board.
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A US fighter jet shot down the fourth unidentified object
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.
