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Seoul, July 16 (IANS) Torrential rainfall in South Korea over the past week has claimed 33 lives, while 10 others were missing, authorities said on Sunday.At least 33 people had been found dead in southeastern North Gyeongsang province and central Chungcheong province, Xinhua news agency reported quoting central disaster and safety countermeasure headquarters.Heavy rain warnings were issued for the provinces, which recorded accumulated precipitation of more than 500 mm for the past week.Ten people remained unaccounted for, including nine missing in the North Gyeongsang province.Flooding, housing collapses and landslides increased the casualties across the country.Seven bodies were recovered overnight from…

Washington, July 16 (IANS) Four people were killed in a mass shooting in Dogwood Lakes area of Hampton in the US state of Georgia, authorities said.The shooting occurred around 10:45 a.m. local time (1445 GMT) on Saturday, Xinhua news reported quoting police.Addressing a news conference, Hampton Police Chief James Turner said the victims were three men and one woman and police detectives are investigating at least four crime scenes.Police are still looking for the suspect, who is identified as Andre Longmore, a 41-year-old local male resident. Hampton police department released a photo and description of the suspect, who is believed…

London, July 16 (IANS) A gang of five people, including three men and two women, have been found guilty of a ‘honeytrap murder’ of a 44-year-old Indian-origin man in Hertfordshire, England.Vishal Gohel, 44, was found dead on the scene at his flat in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on January 23, 2022, the BBC reported.A jury at St Albans Crown Court heard that Gohel was expecting a sexual liaison with the women, but was beaten when their male accomplices arrived to rob him.The court was told that on January 22, 2022, a neighbour entered the flat and found Gohel with gaffer tape on…

Singapore, July 16 (IANS) A domestic worker from Myanmar, who stabbed her employer’s 70-year-old Indian mother-in-law 26 times in 2018, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Singapore.Zin Mar Nwe, now 22, who was found guilty of murder by the High Court in May this year, took the extreme step after the woman abused and threatened to send her back to Myanmar, The Straits Times reported recently.As it sentenced Zin to life imprisonment on July 4, the court heard that on June 25, 2018, the two women were alone in the flat when Zin grabbed a knife from the kitchen…

Seoul, July 16 (IANS) South Korea, the US and Japan staged a trilateral missile defence exercise in the international waters of the East Sea on Sunday, Seoul’s Navy said, after North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week.The drills took place as the three countries have been reinforcing security coordination amid Pyongyang’s firing of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel ICBM last Wednesday.The exercise featured three Aegis-equipped destroyers — the South’s ROKS Yulgok Yi I, the US’ USS John Finn and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Maya, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean armed service.Under a scenario…

London, July 16 (IANS) UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has reportedly said that he will step down at the next Cabinet reshuffle after four years in the job. Wallace, who has played a key role in the UK’s response to the Ukraine war, told the Sunday Times he would not stand at the next general election, but ruled out leaving “prematurely” and triggering a by-election. He has served as Defence Secretary under three Prime Ministers.Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to shake up his top team, but no date has been confirmed, the BBC reported.His departure is not related to the…

Jerusalem, July 16 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sent to hospital on Saturday after he complained of dizziness, his office said.Netanyahu, 73, is “in good condition and is undergoing a medical examination”, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement released by his office.”The initial assessment is dehydration,” the Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv where Netanyahu was being treated and the Prime Minister office said in a joint statement.Netanyahu had spent several hours in the heat at the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Friday, and complained of slight dizziness on Saturday before he was admitted to…

Rawalpindi, July 14 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has expressed serious concerns over safe havens and liberty of action available to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Friday, media reports said.The military’s media wing statement came as Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Syed Asim Munir, visited the Quetta Garrison, where he was briefed on the recent terrorist attack in Zhob in which nine security personnel embraced martyrdom, Geo News reported.The ISPR said that it is expected that the interim Afghan government would not allow the use of its soil to…

London, July 14 (IANS) A female kindergarten teacher has been executed in China for poisoning 25 children, one of whom she killed, by contaminating their porridge ‘in revenge’ after she had a row with her colleague, a media report said.Wang Yun (39) was arrested and later sentenced to death after she poisoned young students from the Mengmeng Pre-school Education in Jiaozuo four years ago, Daily Mail reported.Wang had adulterated the breakfast of her colleague’s pupils with sodium nitrite “in revenge after arguing with the co-worker”, the local authorities said at the time, the report said. The teacher unsuccessfully appealed her…

Lahore, July 14 (IANS) In a shocking revelation, the Pakistan Punjab interior department has recently shared that as the instances of sexual abuse of children rise, more boys than girls are becoming victims of such crimes, media reports said.A report compiled on the numeration of such cases from January to June 15, 2023, revealed that in a span of less than six months, 1,390 cases of child abuse were reported in the province — a harrowing number in itself but made worse by further revelations, Geo News reported.According to the report, around 69 per cent (959 cases) of the reported…