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Indonesia floods death toll soars past 600 as rescue teams race against time

THE death toll from Indonesia’s devastating floods has surged past 600, with at least 631 confirmed dead and nearly 500 still missing as rescue t...
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Death toll climbs over 500 as floods, landslides ravage Sumatra

THE death toll from catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia has surged past 500 after days of torrential rains triggered by a rare tropical...
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Search on as hundreds go missing after severe flooding in Indonesia

INDONESIA is racing to locate more than 400 people still missing nearly a week after rare cyclonic rains triggered catastrophic flooding and landsl...
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Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 128; eight nabbed over negligence, corruption

HONG KONG faces mounting grief as the death toll from the Wang Fuk Court inferno climbs to 128, with dozens still missing and authorities promising...
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94 dead, hundreds remain missing in massive Hong Kong fire

MORE than 24 hours after a massive blazee tore through a high-rise residential complex in the northern suburb of Tai Po, firefighters and rescue cr...
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Dozens dead, hundreds missing in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

A MASSIVE fire tore through several high-rise buildings in a residential complex in Tai Po, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds more mi...
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Cremation halted as thai woman believed to be dead, knocks on coffin

A planned cremation at a Buddhist temple near Bangkok was abruptly stopped after staff heard faint knocking from inside a coffin — only to discov...
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New Zealand moves to eradicate feral cats by 2050

NEW Zealand has unveiled a landmark plan to eradicate feral cats by 2050, marking a major shift in its nationwide effort to protect vulnerable nati...
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‘Bank officials’ pull off $800,000 heist in India

ARMED men posing as officials from India’s central bank have carried out a brazen daylight robbery in Bengaluru, Karnataka, snatching about ₹70...
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41 dead, thousands stranded as floods swamp central Vietnam

HOMES are submerged, roads are washed away, and families are trapped. At least 41 people have died in central Vietnam as relentless rains continue ...