Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 5-Xinhua

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 5

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-10-06 00:00:30

SYDNEY -- Police in the Australian State of New South Wales said in a statement on Sunday evening that a man was taken to the hospital suffering a gunshot wound, and a number of other people have reported injuries.

Police were called to Georges River Road in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Croydon Park at about 7:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, after reports of a shooting. It locked down the area with specialist resources attending to assist. (Australia-Shooting)

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JAKARTA -- The death toll from the collapse of a school building in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to 45, regional rescue authorities said Sunday.

Nanang Sigit, head of the East Java Search and Rescue Office, said all the victims were taken to Bhayangkara Police Hospital in the province for identification. (Indonesia-School Building Collapse-Death Toll)

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HANOI -- Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.22 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, Vietnam News Agency reported on Sunday, citing Vietnam's Ministry of Finance.

Speaking at a government meeting on Sunday morning, representatives from the ministry noted that this was the highest third-quarter expansion since 2011, excluding 2022, when growth surged due to post-pandemic recovery. (Vietnam-GDP)

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DHAKA -- Dengue fever claimed nine lives in Bangladesh on Sunday, marking the country's highest single-day death toll this year and bringing the total fatalities to 212, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The data showed Bangladesh also recorded its highest single-day dengue admissions this year, with 1,042 patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Sunday, raising the total number of cases of the mosquito-borne disease to 49,907 so far this year. (Bangladesh-Dengue Fever)