PHILIPPINES Thousands displaced as typhoon batters A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month. INDIA Fire in hospital kills 10 newborns A fire tore …
Another test event for the 2022 Beijing Olympics was called off Saturday, when bobsled and skeleton officials canceled plans to have a training week and World Cup race on a newly built track to end this years sliding season. The decision comes just days after luge officials also canceled that sports season-ending World Cup and training week on the track …
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