Highway collapse in China’s southern Guangdong province leaves at least 19 dead, state media says
BEIJING (AP) — A section of a highway collapsed in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, state broadcaster CCTV reported Wednesday.
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Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed i n a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday.
The inexplicable rise of kidney disease in Sri Lanka’s farming communities
Residents of several ‘hotspots’ have been afflicted by kidney failure in the past few decades – and no one knows why.
Malaysian navy helicopters collide in mid-air, killing 10 crew
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday, killing all 10 crew members aboard, the navy said in a statement.
20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition explosion at a military base
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Twenty soldiers were killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Hun Manet said.
South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors’ group over protracted strikes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police said Friday they searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of an association of doctors and confiscated his mobile phone as he faces accusations that he incited the protracted walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents.
Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir under investigation, anti-corruption agency says, as probe widens
Earlier this year, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) charged three people, including two tycoons, for corruption and summoned Mahathir’s two eldest sons for questioning over their assets.