YANGON– A complete of 19 our bodies have been recovered till Tuesday afternoon following a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State, native police stated.
“Until 2:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, 19 bodies were retrieved. All the deceased are males. Search and rescue operations are underway,” Han Win Hlaing, a police officer from Hpakant police station, informed Xinhua on Tuesday. (Myanmar-Jade Mine-Landslide)
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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida despatched a ritual providing to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, because the nation marked the 78th anniversary of Japan’s unconditional give up in World War II.
Kishida, in his capability as chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), despatched donations to the shrine, an emblem of Japan’s previous brutal militarism. The providing was delivered by an LDP lawmaker on his behalf. (Japan-PM-Yasukuni Shrine)
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BANGKOK — Thailand’s durian exports to China by means of the China-Laos Railway expanded 365 p.c within the first 5 months of this yr due to shorter transit time and benefits below the free commerce agreements, Thai media reported on Tuesday.
The prepare route brings alternatives for Thai merchandise to enter the Chinese market because it significantly reduces the transit time to lower than 15 hours from two days by street, Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Department of Trade Negotiations below Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, was quoted by Thairath Online as saying. (Thailand-China-Durian Exports)
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TALUQAN, Afghanistan — Two individuals have been wounded as a blast rocked Taluqan metropolis, the provincial capital of north Afghanistan’s Takhar province on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Abdul Mubin Safi stated.
“A blast took place in Police District 2 of Taluqan city this afternoon and two people were slightly wounded,” Mubin informed reporters. (Afghanistan-Blast)
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JAKARTA — A rescue crew has discovered six out of a complete of seven individuals on a ship that went lacking in Indonesia’s western shoreline on Sunday night, a neighborhood official stated on Tuesday.
The boat, which was carrying 4 Australian vacationers and three Indonesian crews, went lacking and misplaced contact on its journey to a resort within the Banyak Islands off Aceh province from the island of Nias in North Sumatra province amid extreme climate. (Indonesia-Boat Incident)