SEOUL -- A fire broke out in an apartment building in Seoul, capital of South Korea, early Wednesday morning, leaving two people in cardiac arrest, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The blaze erupted at about 5:36 a.m. local time. Four residents were rescued from the scene, two of whom were found in cardiac arrest and taken to a nearby hospital. Another 35 residents evacuated the building on their own, the report said. (South Korea-Fire)
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PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday joined European partners in expressing "full solidarity" over the Greenland issue, after U.S. President Donald Trump recently reiterated his call to take over the Danish autonomous territory.
"Greenland belongs to its people. Denmark stands as its guarantor. I join my voice to that of Europeans in expressing our full solidarity," Macron said on social media platform X. (France-U.S.-Greenland)
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CARACAS -- Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday passed a law aimed at guaranteeing and protecting freedom of navigation and trade against piracy, blockades and other illicit international acts, following U.S. seizures of vessels carrying Venezuelan oil in the Caribbean.
The "Law to Guarantee Freedom of Navigation and Commerce Against Piracy, Blockades, and Other International Illicit Acts" was declared approved by National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez after the vote. (Venezuela-Law-Piracy)
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ANKARA/TRIPOLI -- Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed al-Haddad, and four other military officials were killed when their business jet crashed south of Ankara on Tuesday evening, Libyan and Turkish authorities said.
Turkish gendarmerie units located the wreckage of the Falcon 50 jet near Kesikkavak village in Ankara's Haymana district, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. (Türkiye-Libyan officials-Plane crash) Enditem
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