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Putin signs off record Russian defense spending

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. On the ground in Ukraine, three people died in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson when a Russian drone struck a minibus on Sunday morning, Kherson regional Gov. In Russia, a child was …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Southern Sinai’s secluded beach camps offer a different side to Egypt

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A far cry from the exciting chaos of Cairo and the luxury resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada, the beach …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lee Carsley’s statement selection reveals bold plan to banish England’s eternal weakness

The Independent

A journey that began driving the minibus for Coventry’s Under-18s could culminate in steering England to World Cup glory. Four uncapped players, five members of the squad he took to win the European Under-21 Championships last year, 13 born in the 21st century but omitting nine of Gareth Southgate’s England Euro 2024 party: it seemed a way of shaping the …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Shenzhen to offer affordable self-driving minibus rides

China Daily

A self-driving minibus makes a test run in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in July. The commercial application of self-driving technology is gaining momentum in China, with Shenzhen, a metropolis in Guangdong province, preparing to launch a fleet of 20 autonomous minibuses this year in Qianhai, a significant step that experts said will bolster the use of such vehicles for public transportation. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

At least 11 confirmed dead due to landslide in Vietnam's mountainous north

China Daily

HANOI -- At least 11 people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, according to the latest update by Vietnam News Agency. According to the national center for hydrometeorological forecasting, rainfall in the area where the accident happened was recorded …

Vietnam 11 Confirmed

7 months ago

Haryana accident: 7 dead, 20 injured as minibus rams into truck in Ambala

Hindustan Times

Seven people, including a six-month-old child, were killed and 20 were injured when their minibus rammed into a truck on National Highway-44 in Ambala cantonment on Friday, police said. Police said that the accident took place opposite NDI Plaza near Mohra village early in the morning when the truck suddenly applied brakes and the Tempo Traveller rammed into it. The …

Haryana Accident

7 months ago

Bus accident on Ambala-Delhi National Highway: 7 dead, 20 injured

Live Mint

In a bus accident, the occurred in the early hours of May 24 on the Ambala-Delhi-Jammu National Highway, seven people were reported dead while twenty others suffered injuries, reported ANI Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt Medical Officer, Dr. Kaushal Kumar, "Seven people died and more than 20 people were injured in a bus accident on the Ambala-Delhi-Jammu National Highway." He added, …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Independent candidate’s rooftop stunt may land him in trouble

Hindustan Times

Independent candidate Jai Parkash Jain aka Titu Baniya reached the mini secretariat sitting on the rooftop of a minibus. Independent candidate Jai Parkash Jain aka Titu Baniya reached the mini secretariat sitting on the rooftop of a minibus in Ludhiana on Thursday. These included three independent candidates, one from Aam Lok Party United and Sarvjan Sewa Party. The candidates who …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

25 shanties gutted in Greater Noida fire

Hindustan Times

Greater Noida: As many as 25 shanties and two vehicles were gutted after a major fire broke out in Greater Noida’s Ecotech 3 locality on Sunday afternoon, said fire officers. “On Sunday, the fire control room received information around 1pm that a fire broke out at a shanty in Kulesara area under the jurisdiction of Ecotech 3 police station,” said …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Grenade explosion in Afghanistan’s capital kills 2 people and wounds 12 in Shiite neighborhood

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — A grenade explosion in Afghanistan’s capital killed two people and wounded 12 in a Shiite neighborhood of Kabul on Thursday, a police spokesman said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan has repeatedly targeted Dasht-e-Barchi. On Jan. 7, the IS group claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion a …

Shiite Kabul Wounds 12 Dasht

1 year, 3 months ago

Two Minibuses Collide in Iraq, Killing 18 Pilgrims

News 18

A collision between two minibuses killed 18 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, medical officials said on Saturday. Among the dead were 14 Iranians, two Afghans and two people yet to be identified, another hospital official said, also speaking on condition of anonymity. Almost exactly a year ago, on September 11, 11 Iranian Shiite pilgrims and …

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1 year, 4 months ago

British man among at least 5 people killed in a week of violent protests in Cape Town

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A British man was killed amid violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town after the vehicle he was riding in drove into the midst of some of the unrest. South African police said they opened a murder case over the shooting, which happened last week in the Nyanga township near the Cape …

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1 year, 4 months ago

2 people are fatally shot on a fifth day of protests in the South African city of Cape Town

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Two people were fatally shot on a fifth day of violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town on Monday sparked by a dispute last week between minibus taxi drivers and authorities. The unrest on the outskirts of South Africa’s second-largest city followed an announcement last Thursday of a weeklong strike by minubus …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Vehicles set alight in Cape Town amid commuter chaos caused by minibus taxi strike

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Vehicles were set on fire in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday after a dispute between taxi drivers and local authorities earlier in the week sparked days of disorder. But there have been “several incidents of public violence,” police said, and buses, trucks and private vehicles were set alight in a number …

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1 year, 6 months ago

'No woman feels safe': Sexual violence rampant in Sudan conflict

Firstpost

Cairo: Zeinab was fleeing war-torn Sudan’s capital to seek safety when she found herself pinned to the ground, a rifle to her chest, as a paramilitary fighter raped her. In all but six cases, survivors identified perpetrators “in RSF uniform”, said unit chief Sulaima Ishaq al-Khalifa, adding that there are “new reports night and day”. “Women and girls are being …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Protests in Georgia outside hotel where Russian foreign minister’s relatives were allegedly staying

CNN

CNN — Police in Georgia removed protesters who targeted a hotel following reports relatives of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were staying there in defiance of sanctions, according to public broadcaster First Channel. Last year, the UK government made headlines when it also slapped sanctions on Polina Kovaleva, who it referred to as Lavrov’s stepdaughter despite the Russian foreign minister …

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1 year, 8 months ago

For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery

LA Times

Choi Byung-moon remembers that it was around 10 or 11 in the morning when the white minibus came under attack. “He told us that he’d saved a young girl and handed her off, but that she had probably been taken to a military camp and executed,” recalled Huh. Huh told Choi that the young girl he’d saved was alive — …

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1 year, 8 months ago

2 killed, several injured after bus overturns in Kolkata's Mayo Road

India Today

At least two people were killed and several others were injured after a bus overturned and hit a motorcycle in central Kolkata's Mayo Road area on Saturday evening, police said. According to police, the minibus, which was operating on the Metiabruz-Howrah route, was heading towards the Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing when the accident happened around 4.40 pm. The bus, travelling …

Kolkata Bus Overturns Mayo Road

1 year, 9 months ago

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says Russian position at Bakhmut at risk without promised ammunition

ABC

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force has warned Russia's position around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is in peril unless his troops get ammunition, the latest sign of tension between the Kremlin and the private militia chief. Key points: The Wagner boss says the militia is trying to determine if the lack of ammunition is due to "bureaucracy …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘I was a prisoner of Mexico’s US-backed migrant detention regime’

Al Jazeera

On July 11, 2021, I arrived by car at Tapachula International Airport in the Mexican state of Chiapas – a grandiose title for the diminutive compound and runway plunked down amidst tropical vegetation just west of Mexico’s border with Guatemala – for what was meant to be my return flight to the neighbouring state of Oaxaca, where I had taken …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Passenger bus falls into ravine in Pakistan, 40 killed

Hindustan Times

At least 40 people died when a bus plunged off a bridge in southwestern Pakistan and burst into flames, a government official said on Sunday. Rescue workers collect remains from the burnt wreckage of a bus accident in Bela, an area of Lasbela district of Balochistan province, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. The passenger bus fell into a ravine and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Ten civilians killed in roadside bomb in Burkina Faso

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Ten people were killed and several injured when their bus hit a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso, the government said Monday. The passenger minibus was traveling near the village of Bougui on Sunday afternoon when it hit a mine, Col. Hubert Yameogo said in a statement. The injured were taken to the hospital in Fada N’Gourma, …

2 years, 1 month ago

Bus plunges into ditch, killing 20 in flood-hit southern Pakistan

Al Jazeera

At least 20 people have been killed in Pakistan’s flood-hit south after a minibus crashed into a deep and water-logged ditch. The vehicle crashed late on Thursday in Sehwan region of the southern Sindh province, local police official Khadim Hussain told AFP news agency. “The driver could not see the diversion sign on the road and so the van plunged …

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2 years, 2 months ago

End of Yemen’s truce leaves civilians afraid dark days are back

Al Jazeera

The truce lasted for six months and expired on October 2, with efforts to renew it unsuccessful so far. “I wasn’t worried about petrol throughout the ceasefire as it was available in all petrol stations,” Mokhtar Saleh, a 25-year-old minibus driver in Sanaa, told Al Jazeera. “Only those who are wealthy or war profiteers see no value in the truce.” …

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Putin signs off record Russian defense spending

Southern Sinai’s secluded beach camps offer a different side to Egypt

Lee Carsley’s statement selection reveals bold plan to banish England’s eternal weakness

Shenzhen to offer affordable self-driving minibus rides

At least 11 confirmed dead due to landslide in Vietnam's mountainous north

Haryana accident: 7 dead, 20 injured as minibus rams into truck in Ambala

Bus accident on Ambala-Delhi National Highway: 7 dead, 20 injured

Ludhiana: Independent candidate’s rooftop stunt may land him in trouble

25 shanties gutted in Greater Noida fire

Grenade explosion in Afghanistan’s capital kills 2 people and wounds 12 in Shiite neighborhood

Two Minibuses Collide in Iraq, Killing 18 Pilgrims

British man among at least 5 people killed in a week of violent protests in Cape Town

2 people are fatally shot on a fifth day of protests in the South African city of Cape Town

Vehicles set alight in Cape Town amid commuter chaos caused by minibus taxi strike

'No woman feels safe': Sexual violence rampant in Sudan conflict

Protests in Georgia outside hotel where Russian foreign minister’s relatives were allegedly staying

For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery

2 killed, several injured after bus overturns in Kolkata's Mayo Road

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says Russian position at Bakhmut at risk without promised ammunition

‘I was a prisoner of Mexico’s US-backed migrant detention regime’

Passenger bus falls into ravine in Pakistan, 40 killed

Ten civilians killed in roadside bomb in Burkina Faso

Bus plunges into ditch, killing 20 in flood-hit southern Pakistan

End of Yemen’s truce leaves civilians afraid dark days are back