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An eight-year-old girl was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants while trying to escape the stampede on foot with her family. The girl, who has been named as Citra, fled her wooden home in a cornfield in Riau province, Indonesia, after being targeted by a herd of wild elephants on October 30. She died on November 3 …

Political gridlock is affecting weapons exports to NATO allies, which are often forwarded to Kiev, according to the outlet The US government shutdown has delayed more than $5 billion in arms exports to European NATO members and subsequent transfers to Ukraine, Axios reported on Sunday. A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress has dragged the shutdown out for …

A British man has been shot dead in Ghana, with police launching an urgent hun for gunmen who fled the robbery scene on motorbikes. The 68-year-old was at a bar opposite the Tema Community 9 cemetery on Friday with a group. Six men then approached and tried to steal his mobile phone, according to the ongoing investigation. The Brit attempted …

Water levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad plunged below three per cent, media reported on Sunday, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. “The water storage in Mashhad’s dams has now fallen to less than three per cent,” Hossein Esmaeilian, the chief executive of the water company in Iran’s second largest city by population, …

It was the right decision not to send Western troops to assist Kiev, Jens Stoltenberg has insisted NATO will not send its troops to Ukraine as it could lead to a direct clash with Russia, the bloc’s former Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned in September that Moscow would consider any unauthorized Western military personnel …

A cryptocurrency millionaire has been killed after his £329,000 flipped over on a highway and burst into flames. Alexei Dolgikh, 36, was driving three friends in his luxury Lamborghini Urus when when lost control and smashed into a crash barrier in Moscow. The car crashed at 1.30am local time on the busy road and caught fire in a horrific explosion. …

Rong Yi, a rocket expert with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), said in a social media post on Friday that the development of the new-generation crewed launch rocket was accelerating. “There have been breakthroughs in key technologies, and demonstration verification flights are about to be conducted to support the crewed lunar landing mission,” Rong said in the …

Dialogue on bilateral issues is underway but isn’t progressing quickly enough, the foreign minister has said Russia sees readiness from the administration of US President Donald Trump to continue dialogue but undoing the damage done to bilateral ties under Joe Biden will take significant time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. In addition to ongoing discussions on resolving the …

What brings Hongkongers together to battle it out on the squash courts, run around the city’s landmarks dressed in red and green, and show off their culinary skills in a cook-off? It’s the annual Operation Santa Claus (OSC) fundraising drive. Dating back to the 1960s, when RTHK presenters began staging creative charity stunts – including winter dives into Victoria Harbour …

The number of people killed on Saturday (November 8) in Tenerife after a weather alert for rough seas was issued has risen to three. A Dutch tourist died and nine people were rushed to hospital after being swept into the sea in the popular northern city resort of Puerto de la Cruz. In a separate incident, six French holidaymakers were …