SYDNEY -- One Chinese citizen was killed and another wounded in a mass stabbing attack at a Sydney shopping center, the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney said on Sunday.
The Australian authorities have confirmed the information to the Chinese embassy and consulates in Australia after the Chinese missions repeatedly sought to check its veracity from various sources. (Australia-Mass Stabbing Attack)
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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean police arrested 276 suspects aged between 16 and 71 for scam offenses during an operation from March 29 to April 11, according to the latest statement from police.
The suspects were involved in over 1,200 scam cases, including job scams, investment scams, friend impersonation scams, e-commerce scams, and internet love scams. (Singapore-Scam-Arrest)
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YANGON -- Twelve people were injured in bomb blasts during the Thingyan water festival in central Myanmar's Mandalay on Sunday, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council said.
The incident occurred at around 10:25 a.m. local time (0355 GMT) on Sunday when two improvised explosive devices exploded at a motorcycle parking area near the Mandalay mayor's pandal in Mandalay, the information team said. (Myanmar-Bomb Blast)
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KABUL -- Thirty-three people have lost their lives and 27 others sustained injuries as heavy rain, snowfall and flash floods swept through parts of Afghanistan over the past three days, spokesman for the national disaster authority Mullah Janan Saeq said Sunday.
Almost half of Afghanistan's 34 provinces including Kabul have been receiving heavy rains or snowfall since Friday, which have triggered flash floods in parts of the country causing losses of life and property damages. (Afghanistan-Floods)
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JAKARTA -- Eighteen people were killed, two injured and two others missing after landslides struck South Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Saturday night, an official of the local disaster agency said on Sunday.
The landslides triggered by heavy downpours happened in Tana Toraja regency's two sub-districts of Makale and South Makale on Saturday night, destroying several houses and burying the residents inside, Head of Operational Unit of the provincial Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency Amson Padolo said. (Indonesia-Landslides) ■
