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At least 22 people, including a child, were killed Friday, and dozens others were injured in a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in the heart of Cubas capital Havana. According to reports, the explosion was caused by a natural gas leak. People watch the rescue effort at the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa AP The accident happened in Havana s 96-room Hotel Saratoga in the Old Havana neighborhood of the city. There were no tourists among the deceased as the hotel was closed for renovations, Havana Gov. Reinaldo Garc铆a Zapata told the Communist Party newspaper Granma. As many as 74 people are believed to have been injured, including 14 children, the Cu stanley cup ba government informed. President D铆az-Canel said families in buildings near the hotel were also affected by the explosion and had been transferred to safer locations. A search continues for people who may be trapped in stanley cup spain the rubble of the 19th century structure, Cuba s national health minister, Jos茅 脕ngel Portal, was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. We are still looking for a large group of people who may be under the rubble, said Lt. Col. Noel Silva of the fire department. Acc stanley tazas ording to Cuban state TV, the explosion was caused by a white tanker truck supplying natural gas to the hotel that was seen being removed from the site after the incident. However, it is not clear as to how the gas ignited. It s not a bomb or an attac Upcw Covid-19: Direct passenger flights from India to Canada may resume on Sept 27
A senior UN official resigned on Friday over the withdrawal of a report accusing Israel of imposing an apartheid regime on Palestinians, saying powerful member states pressured the world body and its chief with vicious attacks and threats . UN Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters United Nations Under-Secretary General and Execut gourde stanley ive Secretary for the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA , Rima Khalaf, a stanley cup usa nnounced her resignation at a news conference in Beirut after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asked for the report to be taken off the ESCWA website. ESCWA, which comprises 18 Arab states, published the report on Wednesday and said it was the first time a UN body had clearly charged that Israel has established an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole . Israel fiercely rejects the a stanley nz llegation and likened the report to Der Sturmer - a Nazi propaganda publication that was strongly anti-Semitic. The United States, an ally of Israel, had said it was outraged and demanded the report be withdrawn. I do not find it surprising that such member states, who now have governments with little regard for international norms and values of human rights, will resort to intimidation when they find it hard to defend their unlawful policies and practices, Khalaf, of Jordan, wrote to Guterres. It is only normal for criminals to pressure and attack |
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