Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia’s coast guard said Monday they had retrieved eight bodies after a boat capsized off the southern state of Johor at the weekend with another 20 people believed to be missing. Local media reported that the boat carrying 62 people — all Indonesians and thought to be illegal immigrants — capsized […]
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Mom leaves infant daughter in car in 96 degree heat to Eat Pizza
With some of the summer’s hottest temperatures so far scorching much of America, police say one Arkansas woman made the decision to leave her infant daughter in the car while she ate pizza. Police in Jonesboro in the northeast corner of the state cited Brittany Reeder, 25, with child endangerment on Wednesday after they say […]
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China suspends 4 local officials after deadly floods
BEIJING (AP) — Provincial authorities in northern China said Sunday that they have suspended four local officials for inadequately responding to floods over the past week that killed 114 people and left 111 others missing. The Hebei provincial government said on its official microblog account that it was suspending the head of a development zone […]
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Rose Brown first woman in Cook Islands to lead the opposition
Teenui-Mapumai member of Parliament Rose Brown has become the first woman in Cook Islands history to lead an opposition coalition. Brown, 39, overtakes deputy opposition leader Tamaiva Tuavera who is also deputy leader of the Democratic Party. Her nomination comes in the wake of the shock guilty verdict passed on MP Teina Bishop in the […]
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Obama aide visits China after South China Sea ruling
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice was in Beijing on Monday for talks with Chinese officials in the highest-level visit by a White House official since an international tribunal issued a ruling that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea. [restrict] The tribunal’s July 12 ruling delivered a victory to […]
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Malakal Wastewater Treatment Plant repaired
Wastewater discharge at Ice-Box stopped (July 21, 2016) Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) reported that the Malakal Wastewater Treatment Plant has been repaired and the discharges into sea embankment at Ice-Box Park had stopped. For the last several months, malfunctioning equipment at the Wastewater Treatment Plant has resulted in wastewater discharge into the ocean along […]