India: Fatal landslides trap hundreds in Kerala DW

At least 106 people were killed with hundreds more feared trapped by landslides in India’s southern Kerala state, local media reported Tuesday. Heavy monsoon rains buried entire villages and blocked roads in the Wayanad district, according to the Hindu newspaper. Kerala Health Minister Veena George said they had uncovered eight bodies and brought at least…

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Gaza an ‘open prison’: China to UN

China says the Gaza Strip is an ‘open prison’ and is no alternative to the US temporary blockade. This information was given in a report of Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based media outlet, on Wednesday. China’s ambassador Fu Cong told the UN Security Council that cutting off supplies of “water, electricity, food, medicine and fuel” to Gaza…

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