WARSAW -- The Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) mining company said on Wednesday that all 10 missing miners had died in the accident at its Borynia-Zofiowka mine, which brought the death toll of two mine accidents last week in Poland to 18.

A high-energy shock with an intense outflow of methane took place on Saturday during the excavation and drilling work in the Borynia-Zofiowka mine in the south of the country. A total of 52 miners were working in the direct vicinity of the blast, of whom 42 were safe, while the other ten were found dead, according to JSW. (Mine Accidents-Poland-Death Toll)

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SANTIAGO -- At least one person was killed by storms in Chile, while dozens of others were affected and over 140 houses were damaged, the Interior Ministry's National Emergency Office confirmed Wednesday.

The death occurred in the southern region of La Araucania, after a tree fell on a power line, which then hit the vehicle with the person inside, the National Emergency Office said in its latest report. (Chile-Storms)

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CAIRO -- At least two people were killed and 43 others wounded on Wednesday after a bus overturned in Egypt's South Sinai Province, the Egyptian Health Ministry announced in a statement.

The wounded passengers were taken to the nearby Sharm El Sheikh international hospital, according to the statement. (Egypt-Bus-Overturn-Casualty)

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TASHKENT -- Vladimir Norov was appointed to be the first deputy foreign minister of Uzbekistan and he was entrusted with the duties of the minister as well, the Uzbek president's office said on Wednesday.

Norov had previously worked as a deputy foreign minister and served as the secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from January 2019 to December 2021. (Uzbekistan-Foreign Minister)

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LONDON -- The British government was accused by a powerful committee Wednesday of being complacent about billions of dollars lost to fraud in a scheme set up to help businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee said in a report that the latest estimates show that of 47 billion pounds (59 billion U.S. dollars) paid out in the taxpayer-backed Bounce Back Loan Scheme, 17 billion pounds were expected to be lost. (Britain-Government-Pandemic) Enditem

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