ISLAMABAD — A vacationers’ van plunged right into a ravine in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) area on Friday, killing eight folks whereas injuring at the very least 9 others, rescue and authorities officers mentioned.
The accident befell close to the Babusar Pass space within the Diamer district of the GB area when the vacationers’ van tumbled off the highway after colliding with a automobile, Shaukat Riaz, district coordinator of the state-run rescue group Rescue 1122, advised Xinhua. (Pakistan-Traffic Accident)
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HONG KONG — The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) authorities mentioned on Friday that the United States, as a bunch, is obliged to comply with the foundations and regular follow of APEC and invite the HKSAR chief government to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting.
The HKSAR authorities made the remarks in response to studies in regards to the U.S. choice to bar the HKSAR chief government from attending the assembly to be held in San Francisco in November. (Hong Kong-U.S.-APEC Meeting)
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BRISBANE, Australia — The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched a transport security investigation after two single-engine mild plane collided at Caboolture Airport in Queensland on Friday.
The nationwide transport security investigator confirmed that the incident occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. native time, when a Jabiru J430 was taking off from one runway whereas a Piper Pawnee was touchdown on a crossing runway. (Australia-Plane Crash-Investigation)
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MANILA — The Philippine authorities’s price range deficit elevated to 225.4 billion pesos (roughly 4 billion U.S. {dollars}) in June, marking a 4.58 p.c year-on-year enhance, the Bureau of Treasury mentioned Friday.
The bureau mentioned that the upper deficit was because of a 7.91 p.c year-on-year drop in authorities receipts whereas expenditures contracted by 2.59 p.c. (Philippines-Deficit)
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SEOUL — South Korea on Friday protested in opposition to Japan’s renewed territorial claims to the disputed islets mendacity midway between the 2 international locations, known as Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned in a press release that the South Korean authorities strongly protests in opposition to the Japanese authorities’s unjust repeated territorial claims to Dokdo, which is South Korea’s personal territory by way of historical past, geography and worldwide legislation. (South Korea-Japan-Territorial Dispute)