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Body found in collapsed tunnel as rescue operation continues
Published on 29/08/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: One trapped worker from Myanmar was found dead in a collapsed train tunnel on Thursday, as search efforts for the two remaining workers continued into the sixth day of the operation.
At least 106 dead after landslides in southern India
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2024
» THIRUVANANTHPURAM - Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing at least 106 people while they slept as unexpected heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders
Landslides kill 18 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, 2 missing
Published on 15/04/2024
» JAKARTA - Landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, local authorities said on Monday.
Destruction, lawlessness and red tape hobble aid as Gazans go hungry
Published on 25/03/2024
» CAIRO - In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometres along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks about 1.5 kilometres long and sometimes two or three across was backed up near a crossing from Egypt into Gaza.
Arrests in Germany over 'Cologne cathedral attack plot'
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» BERLIN - German police arrested three people on Sunday over an alleged attack plot targeting the cathedral in Cologne on New Year's Eve.
Supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy 'hero' Jimmy Lai wait in cold for trial
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» HONG KONG: Donning hats, scarves and masks to shield their faces from the winter cold, a small group of supporters of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai waited overnight outside a Hong Kong court for the start of his long-awaited national security trial on Monday.
Relief in Netherlands as 'escaped' mamba never left home
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» THE HAGUE - The Dutch city of Tilburg breathed a collective sigh of relief Friday as a highly venomous green mamba thought to be on the loose was found safe and sound in its owner's house.
Dept opens country's first sniffer dog training facility
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/08/2023
» SAMUT PRAKAN: The Customs Department on Thursday officially launched the Thai Customs Canine Training Centre (TCCTC) -- Thailand's first sniffer dog training facility -- in Bang Phli district.
Man arrested after car crashes into Downing Street gates: police
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» LONDON - Armed police arrested one man after a car crashed into the gates of the UK prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in central London on Thursday, Scotland Yard said.
Colombia president retracts claim children found after plane crash
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» BOGOTá - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday retracted his claim that four Indigenous children missing for more than two weeks after an airplane crash in the Amazon had been found alive.