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The Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh is one of Hinduism's most sacred shrines
Indian temple apologizes after six killed in crush
KOCHI — One of India's wealthiest temples has apologized after six people were killed and dozens more injured in a crush as they queued for tickets to a festival that attracts millions each year.The incident took place on Wednesday night after thousands gathered at the Tirupati temple in southern Andhra Pradesh state.Visuals showed a swell of people jostling while the tickets were being distributed at counters set up by temple authorities.Officials in the state have said strict action will be taken against temple employees who are found responsible for the tragedy.BR Naidu, chairman of the temple's trust, said that the crush was caused by "overcrowding"."It is an unfortunate incident," he told local media on Wednesday.Bhanu Prakash Reddy, a board member of the...
January 09, 2025

Indian temple apologizes after six killed in crush

India's army and navy are assisting the national disaster response team in the rescue operation
Survivor recounts harrowing escape from deadly mine collapse in India
GUWAHATI — A survivor of a coal mine disaster in India has shared a harrowing account of the moments after the tunnel was suddenly engulfed by water.Ravi Rai was working in the mine in the northeastern state of Assam on Monday morning when water entered the pit."We were holding on to a rope in 50-60ft (15-18m) deep water for at least 50 minutes before being pulled out," he said.Rescuers are racing to save the miners trapped in the flooded mine in a remote area in Assam. Officials say one body has been recovered and according to reports, two more are feared dead. Six others are believed to still be trapped in the mine.Rai, who is from Nepal, says he was working inside a so-called "rat-hole" mine - a narrow hole dug manually to extract coal - when water suddenly started...
January 08, 2025

Survivor recounts harrowing escape from deadly mine collapse in India

The SAS carried out night raids with Afghan special forces during the conflict
UK special forces had golden pass for murder in Afghanistan, inquiry told
LONDON — A former senior UK Special Forces officer has told a public inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that the SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder".The accusation was published by the Afghanistan Inquiry on Wednesday as part of a release of material summarising seven closed hearings with members of UK Special Forces.The officer, a former operations chief of staff for the Special Boat Service (SBS) - the UK's naval special forces - was one of several senior officers who registered concerns back in 2011 that the SAS appeared to be carrying out executions and covering them up.In one email from the time, the officer wrote that the SAS and murder were "regular bedfellows" and described the regiment's official descriptions of...
January 08, 2025

UK special forces had golden pass for murder in Afghanistan, inquiry told

Some 300 rescue staff and volunteers searched the national park for signs of the missing hiker
Missing hiker found alive after 13-day search of Australian national park
BRISBANE — A 23-year-old hiker whose disappearance sparked a nearly two-week-long land and air search of dense Australian wilderness has been found alive, authorities said Wednesday.Hadi Nazari was last seen by friends on December 26 as he walked down a trail to take photos in Kosciuszko National Park, south of Sydney in the state of New South Wales.When he failed to return to their campsite, his friends notified police who began an intensive search involving 300 people from multiple rescue agencies, NSW Police said in a statement.In the end, Nazari wasn’t found by searchers but by a group of hikers near a trail – about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the search command post – at about 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8.“My understanding is that there was a group of hikers in the...
January 08, 2025

Missing hiker found alive after 13-day search of Australian national park

More than 1,000 buildings have been damaged by the earthquake
Powerful earthquake rocks Tibet and parts of Nepal, killing at least 106
HONG KONG — More than 100 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts of northern India.The 7.1-magnitude quake struck at 9:05 a.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and was followed by multiple aftershocks, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The energy unleashed by the tectonic movement toppled houses in remote Himalayan villages, rocked a nearby Tibetan holy city and rattled visitors to a Mount Everest base camp.Its epicenter, located in Tingri county high on the Tibetan plateau, was close to the border with Nepal, around 50 miles north of the world’s highest mountain.At least 106 people were killed and 174...
January 07, 2025

Powerful earthquake rocks Tibet and parts of Nepal, killing at least 106

North Korea claims their new hypersonic missile flew 12 times the speed of sound, for about 1,500km
North Korea says new hypersonic missile will 'contain' rivals
SEOUL — North Korea has claimed it fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead which "will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region".The launch on Monday — Pyongyang's first in two months — came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for talks with some of South Korea's key leaders.Hypersonic weapons are more difficult to track and shoot down, as they are able to travel at more than five times the speed of sound.North Korea is claiming their missile flew 12 times the speed of sound, for about 1,500km.South Korea's military earlier said the missile flew 1,100km before falling into the sea, adding that it "strongly condemns" this "clear act of provocation".North Korea has previously...
January 07, 2025

North Korea says new hypersonic missile will 'contain' rivals

Jagjit Singh Dallewal has been on an indefinite hunger strike since November
Indian farmer leader on hunger strike for 40 days
NEW DELHI — A 70-year-old farmer leader in India has been on hunger strike for more than 40 days in a bid to push the federal government to accept the demands of protesting farmers.Doctors say that Jagjit Singh Dallewal's health has deteriorated and that he is "unable to speak", but he and his supporters have refused medical aid so far.Last month, India's Supreme Court had ordered the government of Punjab state - where Dallewal is from - to shift him to a hospital. The court has been hearing a clutch of petitions related to the issue.Dallewal's hunger strike is part of a protest that began in February last year when thousands of farmers gathered at the border between Punjab and Haryana states. Their demands include assured prices on certain crops, loan waivers and...
January 06, 2025

Indian farmer leader on hunger strike for 40 days

Bathing elephants is a popular activity among tourists in Thailand, but activists have criticised it as unethical
'Stressed' elephant gores Spanish tourist to death in Thailand
BANGKOK — A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish woman while she was bathing the animal at an elephant center in Thailand, local police said.Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, was washing the elephant at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre last Friday when she was gored to death by the animal.Experts told Spanish language newspaper Clarín that the elephant could have been stressed by having to interact with tourists outside its natural habitat.García, who was a law and international relations student at Spain's University of Navarra, was living in Taiwan as part of a student exchange programme.She was visiting Thailand with her boyfriend, who witnessed the attack.Spain's foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, said the Spanish consulate in Bangkok was assisting...
January 06, 2025

'Stressed' elephant gores Spanish tourist to death in Thailand

Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, 6 January, 2025
South Korean police take charge in effort to detain impeached President Yoon
SEOUL — South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol after its investigators failed to bring him into custody following a standoff with the presidential security service last week.The agency and police confirmed the discussion on Monday, hours before the one-week warrant for Yoon's detention was to expire.The Seoul Western District Court issued a warrant to detain Yoon last Tuesday, in addition to a separate warrant to search his residence after the embattled president defied authorities by refusing to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law decree on 3 December.Yoon has described his power grab as a necessary act of governance against a liberal opposition bogging down his agenda with...
January 06, 2025

South Korean police take charge in effort to detain impeached President Yoon

Pyongyang's missile launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Seoul for talks with some of its key leaders
North Korea fires first ballistic missile in two months 
SEOUL — North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea's military said, in what is Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months.The missile flew 1,100km before falling into the sea, the military said, adding that it "strongly condemns" this "clear act of provocation".The launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul for talks with some of South Korea's key leaders.Earlier on Monday, Blinken met with acting president Choi Sang-mok, where he described the alliance between Washington and Seoul as a "cornerstone of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula".South Korea's military says it has strengthened surveillance for the North's future...
January 06, 2025

North Korea fires first ballistic missile in two months 

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