SEOUL, South Korea—Nearly 50 vehicles collided on an icy highway near the South Korean capital Sunday night, killing one person and injuring dozens. At least 47 vehicles were involved in the accident on the Guri-Pocheon highway, where they skidded on the slippery road and collided in succession, said Hwang Tae-geun, an official at the fire…
6.2 Earthquake Shakes West Indonesia, No Casualties Reported
JAKARTA, Indonesia—An undersea earthquake shook part of western Indonesia on Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake was centered 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Singkil, a coastal district in Aceh Province at a depth of 37 kilometers (23 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said….
2 People Still Missing After Nepal Plane Crash, 70 Confirmed Dead
None of the passengers on board the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft that crashed in the city of Pokhara, Nepal, on Jan. 15 are likely to have survived, according to officials. In a phone interview with The Washington Post, Tek Bahadur K.C., chief district officer of Kaski District—which has Pokhara as its district headquarters—said that authorities in the area were “trying to recover four bodies…
A Pilot Couple Killed in Air Crashes in Nepal: 16 Years Apart
KATHMANDU—In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for the domestic carrier went down minutes before landing. On Sunday, Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight…
Australian to Sit on Top Hong Kong Court
A former High Court of Australia judge is preparing to be appointed to Hong Kong’s top court and preside over some of the jurisdiction’s most major cases. The autonomous region’s chief executive John Lee Ka-Chiu accepted the recommendation to appoint Patrick Keane to the Court of Final Appeal bench on Friday. Keane was appointed a…
CCP’s ‘No. 1 Designer’ Dies; Other High Profile Party Member Artists Die 1 by 1
January 16, 2023
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Since the death of former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin in November 2022 and China’s abrupt U-turn on its “zero-COVID” policy amid a growing outbreak, a number of senior CCP members have passed away successively. Four painters with close ties to the communist party from China’s top arts academy all passed away with…
CCP’s ‘No. 1 Designer’ Dies; Other High Profile Party Member Artists Die One by One
January 16, 2023
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Since the death of former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin in November 2022 and China’s abrupt U-turn on its “zero-COVID” policy amid a growing outbreak, a number of senior CCP members have passed away successively. Four painters with close ties to the communist party from China’s top arts academy all passed away with…
Plane Crash Leaves at Least 68 Dead in Nepal: Officials
A plane crash killed at least 68 people after it went down while trying to land in the city of Pokhara on Sunday, officials said. In a news release, Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said the aircraft last made contact with the airport from near Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. before crashing. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Nepal’s…
Plane Crash in Nepal Leaves at Least 68 Dead: Officials
At least 68 people were killed in Nepal when a plane crashed into a river gorge in the city of Pokhara on Jan. 15, officials said. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, was flying to Pokhara from the capital, Kathmandu, a 27-minute flight. It was carrying 68 passengers, including 15 foreign nationals, and…
Study Estimates 900 Million in China Infected With COVID, Officials Admit 60,000 Deaths in Past Month
January 15, 2023
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About 900 million Chinese are estimated to be infected with COVID-19 in China’s latest outbreak, with nearly 80 percent of them experiencing severe symptoms, according to a study by Peking University. Meanwhile, Chinese health officials have finally reported that China has seen around 60,000 COVID-related deaths at hospitals across the country in the past month…
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