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Death toll in Tibet avalanche rises to 20

State media reported on Friday that 20 people were killed in an avalanche in Tibet’s Nyingchi city, while eight are still missing. The Global Times, citing a local government official in the western Chinese region, reported that there were 53 survivors, five of whom were seriously injured.

By Abdullahil Kafi

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

Rescuers try to rescue a child trapped under a pile of concrete in Vietnam

International

Vietnamese boy trapped in concrete pile on New Year’s Eve pronounced dead

A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile at a construction site on New Year’s Eve has been confirmed dead, state media said on Wednesday. Online newspaper VnExpress quoted a local government official as saying that rescue workers spent nearly 100 hours trying to free Li Hao Nam […]

By Md. Shanzid Raihan Shanto

January 4, 2023January 10, 2023

Health International

China’s state media downplays seriousness of COVID wave ahead of WHO meeting

In an article on Tuesday, the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, cited several Chinese experts as saying that the illness caused by the virus was relatively mild for most people. “Among the patients currently admitted to designated hospitals in Beijing, 3% to 4% have serious and critical illnesses,” Tong Zhaohui, vice […]

By Md. Shanzid Raihan Shanto

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

International

Myanmar court to deliver final verdict in Suu Kyi’s cases this week

He has been found guilty of offenses of breaking COVID-19 restrictions and illegally inciting radio equipment, violating a state secrets law and trying to influence the country’s election commission. Suu Kyi called the cases “absurd”. A spokesman for the junta was not immediately available for comment. The military has said that Suu Kyi is being […]

By Md. Shanzid Raihan Shanto

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022