Vietnam flood death toll rises to 37 as a new typhoon threatens to worsen devastation – AP News
- Vietnam flood death toll rises to 37 as a new typhoon threatens to worsen devastation AP News
- Vietnam floods: streets of Hoi An submerged like canals of Venice – in pictures The Guardian
- Record rains drive flooding in Vietnam, submerging ancient city Al Jazeera
- Vietnam faces threat of powerful new typhoon as flood death toll rises The Independent
- Vietnam flood death toll rises to 13, with 11 others missing Reuters
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Clooney says Harris replacing Biden was a ‘mistake’
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UK police charge Anthony Williams with attempted murder over train stabbing
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Trump’s planned tests are ‘not nuclear explosions’, US energy secretary says
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Valencia president Carlos Mazón resigns over botched handling of deadly floods
Leader of Spanish region’s People’s party had clung to power despite calls for him to stand down over 2024 disaster
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Carlos Mazón, the embattled president of the eastern Spanish region of Valencia, has bowed to public fury and political pressure by resigning over his botched handling of the deadly floods that killed 229 people in the area just over a year ago.
Mazón, a member of the conservative People’s party (PP), had hung on despite calls for him to stand down after it emerged that he spent more than three hours having lunch with a journalist as the floods hit and people were drowning in their homes, garages and cars.
Continue reading...At least 20 dead after magnitude-6.3 earthquake hits Afghanistan
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That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage – The New York Times
- That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage The New York Times
- China's Xi jokes about 'backdoor' when gifting South Korea's Lee Xiaomi phones Reuters
- South Korea's Lee asks China's Xi for help engaging North Korea NBC News
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- South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks AP News
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Popular Malaysian rapper charged with drug use
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Powerful Afghan earthquake leaves at least 20 dead and hundreds injured – The Guardian
- Powerful Afghan earthquake leaves at least 20 dead and hundreds injured The Guardian
- Another Deadly Earthquake, and a Cascade of Problems for Afghanistan The New York Times
- Afghanistan earthquake death toll mounts and Taliban officials say almost 1,000 people injured CBS News
- Afghans dig through rubble after earthquake kills at least 27 Reuters
- Afghanistan's historic Blue Mosque damaged by earthquake DW
Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacan – NPR
- Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacan NPR
- Outspoken Mexican Mayor Who Declared War on Cartels Is Killed The New York Times
- Mexican mayor who took hard line against drug gangs shot and killed at Day of the Dead event Fox News
- Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations The Guardian
- Sheinbaum Condemns ‘Vile’ Murder, Insists War on Drug Cartels Won’t Help Bloomberg.com