Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidential poll
Buenos Aires, Nov 21: Javier Milei has won Argentina’s presidential elections in provisional results, wrenching his country to the right with a bombastic anti-establishment campaign against the backdrop of one of the world’s highest inflation rates, the media reported. His rival Sergio Massa conceded the run-off vote on Sunday evening in a brief speech even before official results were announced, CNN reported. “Milei is the president elected for the next four years,” said Massa, adding that he had already called Milei to congratulate him. Milei’s victory marks an extraordinary rise for the former TV pundit, who entered the race as a political outsider on a promise to “break up with the status quo” – exemplified by Sergio Massa, CNN reported. (IANS)
Three terrorists, one soldier killed in Pakistan
Peshawar, Nov 21: At least three terrorists were killed by Pakistan’s security forces during two intelligence-based operations in the restive northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province while one soldier was killed in an IED explosion, the army said. Two terrorists were killed during an intense exchange of fire in the Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district on Monday. In a separate operation conducted in the Kot Azam region of South Waziristan district, one terrorist was shot dead, the Pakistan Army’s information wing said in a statement. It said the forces recovered weapons and ammunition from the possession of all three killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces as well as civilians. In another incident that occurred in the Gharyoum region of North Waziristan district, an improvised explosive device exploded, killing a soldier. Security forces have launched a sanitisation operation to eliminate any terrorists present in the areas. The army said the security forces of Pakistan were determined to wipe out the menace. (PTI)
Migrant boat capsized off Italy’s Lampedusa
Rome, Nov 21: A small boat crammed with migrants capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday evening, killing a 2-year-old girl and leaving at least eight people missing, rescuers said. The Italian coast guard and fishermen who were in the area when the boat hit some rocks before capsizing saved 43 other people. Most of those rescued were from Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau and Mali and had departed from Sfax, in Tunisia. Survivors told rescuers that at least eight people who were aboard were missing, including two children. Meanwhile, a fishing boat with 400 migrants onboard disembarked at the commercial port of Lampedusa, after being escorted by the local coast guard, bringing the total of the people landed in the island on Monday to 800 in 11 different arrivals. Last week, over 1,200 rescued migrants had arrived on the tiny island in just 26 hours. Lampedusa is a small stretch of land and the southernmost spot of Italy. Mass arrivals of migrants over the years have often brought its services to the brink of collapse. The local facility on the island has enough capacity for only 400 people. (AP)