RUSSIA LAUNCHES MASSIVE DRONE AND MISSILE BARRAGE ON UKRAINE, KILLING AT LEAST 18 CIVILIANS AND STRIKING KYIV AND MULTIPLE CITIES. (PHOTO).

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 Russia launches massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine, killing at least 18 civilians and striking Kyiv and multiple cities  Russia carried out a large-scale overnight assault on Ukraine, launching hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles that killed at least 18 civilians and wounded more than 100 others across multiple cities, officials said Tuesday. The strikes hit Kyiv, Dnipro and other regions, with emergency crews working through destroyed residential buildings where some victims were trapped under rubble. In Dnipro, rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old child and a mother and her 8-year-old son, while officials reported 12 deaths in the city and six in Kyiv. The bombardment stretched from night into daylight, with explosions reported across wide areas of the country. Kyiv residents had been on alert for days after warnings of a major aerial attack, including advisories for foreign diplomats to leave the capital. Despite those warnings, most remained in pl...

ZAMBIA MINE COLLAPSE KILLS ST LEAST 10 PEOPLE. (PHOTO).


 Zambia mine collapse kills at least 10 people


A collapse at a mine in southwest Zambia on Monday killed at least 10 people and injured five others, police said, AFP reported.


The accident occurred in the Mumbwa district on Monday morning.


"During the course of their mining activities, the earth collapsed on them" central police commissioner Charity Munganga Chanda said in a statement.


Rescuers initially recovered six people from the rubble, but one miner later succumbed to his injuries in hospital, the police said.


Police said that the investigation into the cause of the accident was still underway, and that they were working to confirm "the exact number of people who were in the mine at the time of the accident."

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