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Seven dead in southwest China as car drives onto sidewalk

Seven dead in southwest China as car drives onto sidewalk

BEIJING –A car drove onto a sidewalk in southwest China on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring another four, police said, days after another driver deliberately rammed into schoolchildren in...

12 militants killed in S. Afghanistan

12 militants killed in S. Afghanistan

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan –A total of 12 militants were confirmed dead as Afghan fighting aircrafts targeted Taliban hideouts in Deh Rawad district of the southern Uruzgan province, an army statement...
145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach

145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach

WELLINGTON –Up to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on a remote part of a small New Zealand island, authorities said Monday.  The stranding was...
Separated Bhutanese twins leave Australia hospital

Separated Bhutanese twins leave Australia hospital

MELBOURNE –"Cheeky" Bhutanese conjoined twins who were successfully separated after a marathon operation in Australia left hospital Monday, with doctors saying they had made an excellent recovery and were starting...
California's deadliest wildfire finally tamed

California's deadliest wildfire finally tamed

LOS ANGELES – The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on...
Typhoon Usagi kills 1 in southern Vietnam

Typhoon Usagi kills 1 in southern Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY –Typhoon Usagi, which made landfall in Vietnam's southern region, has killed one person and damaged many houses, boats and roads, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...
Indian ministers to attend ceremony in Pakistan

Indian ministers to attend ceremony in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD –Two Indian ministers have accepted an invitation to attend the opening of a new Pakistani border crossing for Sikh pilgrims, in a rare sign of cooperation between the two...
Taiwan rejects same-sex marriage in referendum

Taiwan rejects same-sex marriage in referendum

Taipei ,Taiwan – A public vote held in Taiwan rejected the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the island-nation, despite a 2017 high court ruling in favour of such unions. Quoting state...
US, South Korea scale back military exercise

US, South Korea scale back military exercise

WASHINGTON –The United States and South Korea have scaled down an annual joint military exercise scheduled for the spring of 2019 to facilitate nuclear talks with North Korea, US Defense...