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LAHORE, PAKISTAN (AP) – A female journalist was crushed to death in Pakistan while covering a political march led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a senior police officer said. Sadaf Naeem, 36, a television journalist with Channel 5 in Lahore, died on Sunday after she slipped from the container truck that Khan was travelling […]
Im Eun-byel ANN/KOREA HERALD – With the nation in shock with the overnight tragedy from the crowd surge at Halloween festivities in Itaewon, questions surfaced about the lack of safety control and crowd management over the event. The tragedy happened as a large number of people were packed at a narrow alley that connects Exit […]
HELSINKI (AP) – A venomous 2.2-metre king cobra that escaped from its home in a Swedish zoo has returned back home by itself, bringing a happy ending to over a week-long disappearance saga. “Houdini, as we named him, has crawled back into his terrarium,” CEO Jonas Wahlstrom of the Skansen Aquarium told the Swedish public […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – A tiny mountain-dwelling wren was the surprise winner yesterday of New Zealand’s controversial bird of the year competition, which even had Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a flap. The piwauwau rock wren punched above its 20-gramme weight, flying under the radar to win the annual contest ahead of popular fellow native contenders, […]
CNA – As Malaysia experiences a rise in COVID-19 cases, mask-wearing is now “highly encouraged” in crowded areas, said caretaker Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin yesterday. This is more important especially since Malaysia’s 15th General Election (GE15) is just around the corner, he said during a press conference. “The ministry would like to remind the public […]