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Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2024
» NAYPYITAW - At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to safer areas on boats, according to the national fire service.
Kenya school blaze kills 17 students
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2024
» NAIROBI - A fire in a school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday, following media reports that they had been burnt beyond recognition.
Pyongyang executes ‘multiple officials’ after floods
Published on 04/09/2024
» North Korea executed multiple government officials after extensive flooding in late July killed thousands in the country’s northern region, according to a report by a South Korean broadcaster.
Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine, over 50 killed
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2024
» KYIV/LVIV - Russia launched missiles and drones on Kyiv and the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, not far from the border with Nato-member Poland, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday.
School bus rams into students in China, 11 dead
Published on 03/09/2024
» SHANDONG - A bus crashed into a crowd in front of a junior high school in eastern China on Tuesday morning, killing 11 people and injuring 24.
Tropical storm Yagi kills 11 in Philippines
Published on 02/09/2024
» MANILA - Floods and a landslide killed at least 11 people in the Philippines on Monday as tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital Manila and nearby provinces, a disaster agency official said on Monday.
New sinkhole opens up in Kuala Lumpur after woman is swept away
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - A second sinkhole appeared in the heart of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, just 50 metres away from where a woman was swallowed into the ground last week and remains missing.
Typhoon Shanshan slams Japan, killing 3
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2024
» TOKYO - At least three people were killed in southwestern Japan on Thursday as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in Kagoshima prefecture, bringing heavy rain and very strong winds as well as snarling air traffic and knocking out power to over a quarter million households.
Knife attack kills at least 3 at festival in Germany
New York Times, Published on 24/08/2024
» GÖRLITZ — A person armed with a knife killed at least three people at a city fair in the western German city of Solingen on Friday night, according to the police. The attacker, who escaped, also severely wounded five others. Officers were looking for a suspect.
Chachoengsao plane crash: All 9 aboard feared dead
News, Online Reporters, Published on 23/08/2024
» Rescuers found no survivors at the site of a small plane crash in Chachoengsao on Thursday following an 11-hour search operation.