At least 34 people have been injured in several explosions at a warehouse in the Pakistani city of Karachi, a police spokesman told dpa on Thursday. Raw materials for the manufacture of fireworks were illegally stored at the site of the accident, the spokesman said. A short circuit apparently sparked the explosions. Videos shared on the online platform X show large clouds of smoke rising from a multi-storey building with sirens wailing in the background. The warehouse is located in a densely populated district of the port city and below residential buildings, the spokesman said. The building w...
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The Italian government has shut down a left-wing youth centre in Milan after more than 30 years, in a move Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday was needed to close "lawless spaces." The self-managed facility, Leoncavallo, was known as a hub for anti-capitalist and anarchist groups but was also widely used for cultural events. The building had been occupied since 1994. Meloni, who leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, has faced accusations from the opposition of waging a cultural war. Since her three-party coalition took office in late 2022, around 4,000 illegally occupied prop...