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Snowslide kills 11 climbers in Caucasus, 6 still missing
A snowslide has killed 11 members of a climbing team in Russia's remote Caucasus mountains, with six others still missing, according to an AFP report from Moscow on Monday.
Death toll rises to 6 in New Delhi building collapse
The death toll from the collapse of a 50-year-old building in New Delhi's Satya Niketan area has risen to six, with six others seriously injured. The incident occurred on Sunday when a pillar lost balance during repair work in the basement, causing the entire structure to cave in.
Kolkata hospitals to send teams to Bangladesh as patient numbers fall
Major hospitals in Kolkata are planning to send representatives to Bangladesh in the coming weeks as the number of Bangladeshi patients seeking treatment in the Indian city has fallen sharply.
11 including 6 children killed in Indonesia fire
At least 11 people, including six children, were killed in a devastating fire in Indonesia's eastern Papua region on Monday, September 6. The fire also destroyed a market and numerous nearby shops and houses.
Global oil prices near $97
Global oil prices continued to rise on Monday (September 7) as escalating US-Iran tensions and severe disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz heightened concerns over crude supply.
Cape Verde bus crash kills 25 schoolchildren
At least 25 people, most of them children and teenagers, were killed when a bus carrying students plunged into a deep ravine on Fogo Island in Cape Verde.
Five killed as Amazon cargo plane overruns runway at Miami airport
At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed into several vehicles while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday (September 6).
Bangladeshi child dies as building collapses in gas explosion in France, 7 injured
Nahil, a three-year-old Bangladeshi child, has died after part of a house collapsed in an explosion in the town of Aulnay-sous-Bois on the outskirts of Paris in France. Seven others were injured in the incident, two of them critically.
Japanese writer Hashimoto goes viral after giving birth to 7th child to raise birth rate
Kotoye Hashimoto, Japanese writer and former political candidate, has given birth to her seventh child amid Japan’s declining birth rate. Multiple social media posts she made addressing Japanese women after the childbirth have already generated widespread discussion.
Deadly fire at wedding in DR Congo, 22 killed
Local officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have said at least 22 people were killed in a devastating fire at a wedding ceremony in the capital Kinshasa. Several others were injured in the incident and the death toll may rise further, according to the officials.