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Tourists leap from guest house to escape flames that kill at least 2 in southwest China | South China Morning Post

A fire broke out in a village building in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, social media footage released on July 10, 2023 showed. The blaze killed at least two people and injured six, according to local emergency services. The Leishan County Emergency Management Bureau posted a statement on WeChat saying that …

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Death row inmates get pre-execution photo shoots for loved ones in Singapore | South China Morning Post

Since the 1990s, Singapore prison officials have been offering photo shoot services for death row inmates before their executions. It aims to give family members photo mementos of condemned loved ones. Singapore is among 55 countries around the world that still implement the death penalty for crimes, including murde…

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Dozens of bodies of India train crash victims unclaimed, unidentified one month after disaster | South China Morning Post

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed in a government hospital just over a month since a three-way train collision in the Indian state of Odisha killed about 300 people. Families that have tried to retrieve remains of their loved ones have reportedly found the process to be very difficult, since many of the bodies are m…

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Hong Kong national security law: HK$1 million bounties for arrests of political fugitives overseas | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong police are offering HK$1 million (US$127,600) rewards for information leading to the arrests of each of eight wanted opposition figures overseas, including three former lawmakers, accused of violating the city’s national security law. The announcement marks the first time such bounties have been offered si…

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Parents of India’s young women wrestlers call for reform after sexual harassment case | South China Morning Post

Parents of young aspiring female wrestlers in India are pushing for system-wide reforms, after the head of the country’s wrestling federation, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was charged with sexually harassing seven female wrestlers on June 15, 2023. His arrest came after protesters, including India’s Olympics medallist…

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Israel attacks Palestine’s Jenin amid one of the biggest West Bank operations in 20 years | South China Morning Post

Israel hit the Palestinian city of Jenin with drone strikes on July 3, 2023, amid one of its biggest West Bank operations in 20 years. Palestinian health officials confirmed several people had been killed in Jenin’s crowded refugee camp, which is also a stronghold for the militant group Brigades. Israel’s leader cal…

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Protesters set fires in Paris streets after police shoot and kill teen during traffic stop | South China Morning Post

Protesters took to the streets of Paris suburbs and set fires on June 27, 2023, after police fatally shot a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. The police officer responsible is under investigation for homicide. Thirty-one people have been arrested, while 40 cars were burned down during the latest unrest in the Frenc…

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US charges Chinese manufacturers for alleged fentanyl ingredient trafficking in landmark case | South China Morning Post

The US Justice Department filed criminal charges on June 23, 2023, against four Chinese chemical companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking ingredients used to make fentanyl, a highly addictive painkiller that fuelled the opioid crisis in the United States. The court indictments were the first filed a…

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Titanic tour sub suffered ‘catastrophic implosion’ with all 5 on board killed | South China Morning Post

Pieces of debris from the missing submersible Titan were found on June 22, 2023, ending a five-day multinational effort to rescue its five-person crew. The US Coast Guard said the sub, which set out to visit wreckage of the Titanic on June 18, suffered a “catastrophic implosion” and there were no survivors.

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Uganda town buries young victims of brutal terrorist school attack | South China Morning Post

Family members bid their final farewell on June 18, 2023, to loved ones killed in a school attack in Uganda. Forty-two people, including 38 pupils, died the day before in a suspected rebel attack in western Uganda. The Allied Democratic Forces, which has links to Islamic State, has been blamed for the violence.

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Abby Choi murder: Friends and family of late Hong Kong model pay final respects | South China Morning Post

Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral service for slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung on June 18, 2023. In a departure from traditional Chinese funerals, where black and white are normally used for mourning, the memorial hall for the service was extensively decorated in pink, said to be Choi’s favourite c…

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Australian war hero found complicit in murdering unarmed Afghans refuses to apologise | South China Morning Post

Australian war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has been found by a civil court to be complicit in the murder of unarmed Afghans and lost out on a defamation case against three local newspapers. Speaking on June 14, 2023, after the release of the judgment, Roberts-Smith said he was devastated about the court outcome and refus…

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