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California reels from second mass shooting in three days with 7 dead | South China Morning Post
Tragedy struck California again as a second mass shooting in the state in days left at least 7 dead. The latest killings occurred at two separate locations in the city of Half Moon Bay, on the afternoon of January 23. Police detained the suspect - 67-year-old Chunli Zhao - after he turned himself in just hours later…
Man who wrestled and disarmed California mass shooter hailed a hero | South China Morning Post
Brandon Tsay recalled how he wrestled a firearm from a gunman at the Lai Lai Ballroom in southern California on January 21, 2023. Tsay said he was unaware that just 20 minutes earlier, the 72-year-old gunman, identified as Huu Can Tran, had killed 11 people in another dance studio in the neighbouring city of Montere…
Community Struggles with Aftermath of Mass Shooting
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VOA60 World - Hundreds of mourners gather in Aleppo for funerals of 16 killed in building collapse
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VOA60 America - Gunman Suspected of California Lunar New Year Shooting is Dead
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Shooting massacre in the US turns Lunar New Year celebration into tragedy in California | South China Morning Post
Lunar New Year celebrations in southern California turned into tragedy on January 21, 2023, after a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance hall, killing 10 people and wounding at least 10 more. Police said the suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, later killed himself. An investigation into his possible motives is unde…
VOA60 Africa - Burkina Faso: Two suspected jihadi attacks killed at least 18 people
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Video shows dramatic rescue of woman trapped in car sinking into frozen pond during US blizzard | South China Morning Post
Newly released body camera footage shows the dramatic rescue of a woman who was trapped in her car after it broke through ice on a frozen pond in the US state of Wisconsin. The December 22, 2022, incident happened during a winter blizzard when the motorist reportedly lost control of the vehicle in the city of Milwau…
Pizza Hut trying to build ‘world’s largest pizza’ in Los Angeles | South China Morning Post
Pizza Hut is attempting to break the world's largest pizza record in Los Angeles by making a pizza with a planned surface area of more than 14,000 sq ft (1,310 square metres), or the size of nine standard basketball courts combined. The company’s president David Graves said the pizza can dole out 68,000 slices, and …
Ukraine’s interior minister among 18 killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv | South China Morning Post
Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was among 18 people, including at least two children, who were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv, national police said on January 18, 2023. There were no immediate details on the cause of the crash in Brovary, located some 20km…
‘Truth wins’: Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa cleared of tax evasion | South China Morning Post
Nobel laureate and journalist Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a Philippine court of tax evasion charges on January 18, 2023. The case stemmed from accusation by a state revenue agency that Rappler had omitted from its tax returns the proceeds of a 2015 sale of depositary receipts to foreign i…
Massive tanker explosion kills at least 1, injures 10 in Thailand | South China Morning Post
At least one person was killed, 10 were injured and several others remained missing after an explosion on an oil tanker in Bangkok's southwestern Samut Songkhram province on January 17, 2023. Thai authorities reported there were 16 people on board the vessel when the blast occurred. Many were Burmese welders, as the…
Italian police end 30-year game of cat and mouse with Mafia boss | South China Morning Post
Italian police have arrested the Sicilian Mafia’s “boss of bosses” at a private hospital in the city of Palermo where he was being treated for cancer. Mattea Messina Denaro ran the Cosa Nostra, the crime syndicate depicted in the “Godfather” movies. He had been on the run since 1993, with his capture putting an end …
1 dead, dozens injured in India’s traditional, often-deadly bull-taming festival | South China Morning Post
At least one person was gored to death and dozens more were injured during Jallikattu, a traditional bull-taming festival in southern India’s Madurai District on January 14, 2023, according to news agencies citing local media. The bull-taming competition is a hugely popular annual event which sees young men grab the…
Fatal car crash in South Korea leaves dozens injured | South China Morning Post
Icy road conditions are being blamed on a multi-car crash in South Korea that killed one person and left dozens injured on January 15, 2023. Nearly 50 vehicles were involved in the crash, said to be the most serious among the multiple traffic accidents that happened over the weekend caused by poor weather. Three mot…
South Korean police seek charges against 23 officials over deadly Itaewon crowd crush | South China Morning Post
South Korean police are seeking charges against 23 municipal and police officials over a crowd crush that killed 159 revellers in Seoul on October 29, 2022. Investigators said they found that the officials failed to implement safety measures in the capital's Itaewon party district, and that some of them should face …
Dozens killed in Pokhara plane crash, Nepal’s deadliest air tragedy in three decades | South China Morning Post
At least 68 people were confirmed dead as darkness forced search efforts to end for the day in Nepal after a passenger plane crashed on January 15, 2023. The Yeti Airlines flight was reportedly carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara. Footage shared on social media showed the pla…
Suspect formally indicted for murder of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe | South China Morning Post
Tetsuya Yamagami was formally charged with the murder of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on January 13, 2023. Abe was assassinated with a handmade gun as he was giving a speech for an election campaign on July 8, 2022. Yamagami reportedly held a grudge against the Unification Church for impoverishing his f…
Man in China smashes Audi into hotel after dispute with staff | South China Morning Post
A man smashed his Audi into a hotel lobby after having an argument about his missing laptop with the staff in Shanghai, according to police.
Chinese ‘spy’ who claimed he infiltrated Hong Kong and Taiwan faces deportation from Australia | South China Morning Post
William Wang Liqiang has been denied political asylum in Australia after the country’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal found him guilty of committing fraud against an Australian citizen. The tribunal also expressed grave doubts over Wang’s espionage allegations, given his fraudulent activities. Wang claimed in a 201…
6 people stabbed in Paris train station, attacker shot by police | South China Morning Post
Six people were wounded in an unprovoked stabbing attack in the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on January 11, 2023. The assailant has been shot and wounded by police.
Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised in Florida as Brazil reels from riots in capital | South China Morning Post
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalised in Florida on January 9, 2023, as 1,500 of his supporters were arrested after storming key buildings in the capital city of Brasilia over the weekend. Protesters took to the streets to demand punishment for those who stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and p…
VOA60 Africa- Senegal announced new measures to increase road safety, after a bus crash killed 39 people over the weekend
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VOA60 World- Protesters rallied outside a prison on the outskirts of the town of Karaj, to the west of the Iranian capital Tehran
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‘Night scene of Tuen Mun’ video filmed by Hong Kong Light Rail joyriders sparks police manhunt | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Police are searching for two men who jumped onto the roof of a Light Rail carriage to film themselves travelling on top of a light rail through Tuen Mun in the New Territories. The duo, who were not wearing any protective gear, can be seen filming their surroundings from a moving carriage, and jumping off …
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s Congress and presidential palace | South China Morning Post
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on January 8, 2023, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former president Donald Trump. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolson…
Chaos as plane is caught in cartel crossfire after Mexico recaptures El Chapo’s son | South China Morning Post
Passengers on a commercial flight ducked for cover after the aircraft was hit by gunfire during take-off at the Culiacán airport in northern Mexico on January 5, 2023. Aeromexico officials said the fuselage of the plane was damaged but no one was hurt. The aeroplane was caught in a cartel crossfire after Mexico reca…
Russia says 89 killed in Ukrainian attack, blames mobile phone use | South China Morning Post
Russia’s defence ministry on January 4, 2023, blamed a deadly Ukrainian missile strike on Makiivka, Donetsk, on the illegal use of mobile phones. It said the attack used phone signals to locate troops and killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported death toll significantly from 63.
Henan residents in China smash police car over fireworks ban, 6 arrested | South China Morning Post
Six people have been arrested in central China’s Henan province for allegedly smashing a police car and attacking officers. The police had turned up at the scene on January 2, 2023, to enforce an existing ban on fireworks. Police said the group in Luyi county was “suspected of picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.
Four dead after two helicopters collide mid-air in Australia’s Gold Coast | South China Morning Post
Two helicopters collided mid-air over Australia’s Gold Coast on January 2, 2023, killing four passengers, including two UK nationals. Australian police said one chopper was taking off and the other was landing when the incident occurred near the tourist hotspot’s Sea World Resort Australia theme park. A further inve…
VOA60 World - Israeli forces killed Hamas militant, another Palestinian during clashes
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‘I thought it was them’: Daughter mourns parents killed in Cambodia casino fire | South China Morning Post
A 36-year-old woman has been grieving for her parents who were killed in a fire at a casino in Cambodia on December 28, 2022. At least 27 people were reported to have died at the gambling centre near the border with Thailand. The blaze is suspected to have been started by an electrical short circuit.
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 7 more years in jail, faces a combined 33-year term | South China Morning Post
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on December 30, 2022, a source said. The sentencing ends the Nobel laureate’s 18-month trial and brings her combined jail term to 33 years. Detained since the February 2021 military coup, the 77-year-old deposed le…
British fashion icon Vivienne Westwood dies at the age of 81 | South China Morning Post
British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood passed away on December 29, 2022 at the age of 81. Westwood made a name for herself in the 1970s when she styled the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols. The Westwood brand flourished in the 1990s, and the British designer was awarded the Order of the British Empire medal in 19…
South Korea’s $441m plan to upgrade military response after the North’s drone incursion | South China Morning Post
South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol called for a review of the military’s response to objects violating its airspace on December 29, 2022, as the country announced plans to spend nearly $441 million over the next five years to upgrade its defences against drones. The move came just days after 5 North Korean drones …
Initial moments of Cambodia casino blaze caught on live stream | South China Morning Post
A fire at the Grand Diamond Casino in Cambodia, near the country’s border with Thailand, killed at least 19 people on December 29, 2022. A live stream on Facebook in the early morning hours captured the initial moments of the blaze.
Massive fire engulfs Cambodian casino, people jump out of windows to escape | South China Morning Post
At least 10 people were killed in a fire that broke out just before midnight on December 28, 2022 in a Cambodian hotel-casino located in a border town near Thailand. The Grand Diamond City casino-hotel in Poipet was engulfed in flames and some people were seen jumping out of the burning building to escape. It took r…
Professional chess player Sara Khadem latest Iranian woman to compete without hijab | South China Morning Post
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem reportedly competed without a hijab for two consecutive days at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that ends on December 30, 2022. Khadem is the latest Iranian woman to compete without the mandatory headscarf since the death of Mahsa Amini in po…
VOA60 America- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday to keep pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely
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Bomb scare heightens tensions in Brazil ahead of new president’s inauguration | South China Morning Post
A suspicious backpack was found near the hotel in Brasilia where Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was staying on December 27, 2022, just days ahead of his inauguration. Local police later confirmed it only contained personal belongings. The bomb scare highlighted tensions amid protests by supporter…
Caught in the crossfire: Peru protesters killed in one of the country’s worst unrests | South China Morning Post
Peru has been embroiled in a major unrest since early December 2022, when former president Pedro Castillo was ousted and later detained. The presidential impeachment and arrest triggered street protests that have turned violent, with 22 killed in the crossfire as of December 27. One of the worst clashes was on Decem…
Kurdish community marches in Paris to pay tribute to shooting victims | South China Morning Post
Several hundred members of France’s Kurdish community took part in a march on December 26, 2022 to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly Paris shootings a few days earlier. On December 23, a 69-year-old gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural centre and a hair salon in Paris, killing 3 Kurds and injuring 3 other…
Abuse cases at Hong Kong children's care homes raise questions about residents’ safety | South China Morning Post
The arrests of more than 30 workers from a Hong Kong children's home since December 2021 have raised questions about the quality of care and safety of its residents. Police say surveillance video from the home showed infants and toddlers being slapped, hit in the head, pulled by the hair and tossed onto the floor. T…
Shooting at Paris Kurdish cultural centre kills 3, protesters clash with police | South China Morning Post
A 69-year-old man opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hair salon in Paris on December 23, 2022, killing three Kurdish people and wounding three others. The suspect, linked to two previous attempted murders, has been arrested and is under investigation on charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter and aggra…
VOA60 World- A shooting at a Kurdish community center in Paris killed three people, the Paris prosecutor said Friday
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Toxic liquor deaths rise as alcohol ban proves ineffective in Bihar, India | South China Morning Post
Deaths from consuming illicit alcohol in the eastern Indian state of Bihar have been on the rise since state authorities imposed a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol in 2016. A black market for fake alcohol is flourishing, but the toxic concoctions have killed several hundred people since the contro…
‘The Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj ordered released from Nepal prison | South China Morning Post
Serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been ordered released from a Nepal prison on December 22, 2022, due to his health condition and good behaviour. The 78-year-old has served 19 of his 20-year life sentence. The French national, nicknamed ‘the serpent’, is linked to the killings of over 20 Western backpackers across A…
Rare look inside Taliban’s eye-for-an-eye sharia justice system | South China Morning Post
A 75-year-old Afghan man has appealed against his death sentence for murdering his relative. Under sharia law, which replaced the Afghan judicial system when the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, the public execution would be carried out by a relative of the victim.