Police investigating fire at British PM's home in London

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Police investigating fire at British PM's home in London

LONDON, May 12 (Xinhua) 

Police were investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's home in north London in the early hours of Monday morning.

The fire was reported shortly after 1:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) on Monday. The door to the property was damaged, but nobody was hurt, according to the police.

Though the fire was put out within half an hour, cordons remain in place as an investigation is underway. Starmer's property, which is currently being rented, has repeatedly been targeted by protesters, according to local media.

Over 150 countries invited to Moscow for meeting organized by Russian ver 150 countries invited to Moscow for meeting organized by Russian Security Council

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Over 150 countries invited to Moscow for meeting organized by Russian ver 150 countries invited to Moscow for meeting organized by Russian Security Council

More than 150 countries and over 20 international organizations have been invited to the 13th international meeting of high representatives in charge of security issues, which will be held in Moscow from May 27-29 under the chairmanship of Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the council said. 

Gaza faces ‘critical risk of famine’: UN report

GAZA is at “critical risk of famine”, with 22 per cent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian “catastrophe” after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday.
Gaza’s entire population of around 2.4 million people is at risk of a food crisis “or worse” by September, the UN- and NGO-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a report.

Varieties of shrimps sold to Yangon market in April

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Varieties of shrimps sold to Yangon market in April

Bogale May 12
Local merchants and fishery entrepreneurs from Bogale Township of Ayeyawady Region sent a large volume of shrimps to Yangon market in April, said Daw Aye Aye Moe, the marine product trader in Bogale Township.
In Bogale Township, the seafood trading businesses are actively purchasing prawns produced locally, processing them hygienically and systematically, and exporting them to the Yangon market.