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September 20, 2018

Australian tourist haven suffers twin shark attacks

SYDNEY — A girl was in a serious condition and a woman was fighting for her life, Australian authorities said on Thursday after two separate shark attacks at an idyllic beach retreat.The girl was air-lifted to hospital after being bitten on the leg while swimming in the Whitsundays in northeastern Australia, first responders said.“Paramedics are treating a female child in a serious condition with a significant leg injury,” Ambulance Queensland ...

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak greets supporters after a court appearance in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. — AFP

September 20, 2018

Malaysia ex-PM hit with 25 new charges over 1MDB scandal

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak was hit with 25 new charges of money laundering and abuse of power linked to the 1MDB mega-scandal on Thursday, including allegations hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred to his personal bank account.As hundreds of banner-waving supporters gathered outside the Kuala Lumpur court, Najib pleaded not guilty to all counts, which represented the most serious in a string of charges he has ...

Rescue workers provide first aid to a rescued resident after a landslide triggered by monsoon rains hit a village in Naga City, Cebu province, in central Philippines, on Thursday. — AFP

September 20, 2018

12 killed, dozens missing in new Philippine landslide

NAGA, Philippines — Twelve people were killed and dozens missing after a landslide unleashed by monsoon rains struck in the central Philippines Thursday, inflicting more misery on the already storm-battered nation.The new tragedy comes just days after 2018’s most powerful storm, Typhoon Mangkhut, pounded the nation’s north with heavy winds and rain, sparking a separate landslide that left dozens dead.Emergency workers in helmets and locals with shovels rushed to search ...

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September 20, 2018

New Zealand minister sacked after ‘physical altercation’

WELLINGTON — A government minister who allegedly had a physical altercation with a press secretary was fired by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday, the second to leave under a cloud in as many weeks.The center-left prime minister did not detail what Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri did during an incident last month, but said an internal government report into the matter convinced her the minister needed to go.“Based ...

A Jet Airways plane is parked as other moves to runway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport in Mumbai, India, in this Feb. 14, 2018 file photo. — Reuters

September 20, 2018

Air pressure mix-up causes mass bleeding on Indian flight

MUMBAI, India — A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their ears and noses on Thursday after the crew reportedly forgot to flick a switch regulating cabin air pressure.The Jet Airways flight to Jaipur had to turn back due to loss in cabin pressure, the airline said, with travelers describing “panic” on board.The plane carrying 166 passengers landed back in Mumbai and those ...

September 20, 2018

French police seek 4 men over gang rape posted online

TOULOUSE, France — French police were searching on Thursday for four men seen raping a woman outside a nightclub in southern France in videos that were shared on social media.Prosecutors in Toulouse opened an inquiry late Wednesday for gang rape after the 19-year-old victim confirmed she was the woman in at least two videos posted first to Snapchat and then Twitter, a source close to the inquiry said.The videos of ...

Damage is seen at a train near the scene where a “cargo bicycle” was hit which is popular with Dutch parents to transport their children at the city of Oss, Netherlands, on Thursday. — Reuters

September 20, 2018

Four children killed as Dutch train hits daycare bike

THE HAGUE — Four children from a Dutch daycare center were killed on Thursday when a train hit their electric cargo bike at a level crossing, police said on Thursday.A fifth child and a woman were also critically injured in the accident in Oss, a town near the German border around 110 km southeast of the capital Amsterdam.Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted his condolences from an EU summit in ...

Local residents walk along the edge of a collapsed road that ran atop Patricia Lake's dam after it collapsed in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, U.S., September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

September 20, 2018

Flooding expected to worsen as Florence passes through Carolinas

CONWAY, South Carolina — Flooding across the Carolinas in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has killed 36 people, was expected to worsen over the next couple of days, forecasters said.Twenty-one flood gauges showed major or moderate flooding early on Thursday in southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina, where major waterways, well above their flood stages, were forecast to rise through the weekend before they crest, the National Weather ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks with Finland’s Prime minister Juha Sipila, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel, on their way to pose for a family photo at the Mozarteum University during the EU Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government in Salzburg, Austria, on Thursday. — AFP

September 20, 2018

Tensions rise as EU prepares for final Brexit stretch

SALZBURG, Austria — EU leaders met on Thursday to prepare for the final stretch of Brexit negotiations, after public clashes with Britain over who should give ground but signs of a shift on both sides over the key issue of Ireland.After pitching her Brexit plan to the other European Union leaders over dinner on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May will leave them to discuss their next steps without her ...

People walk outside the headquarters of the Liberian National Police in Monrovia, Liberia, on Wednesday. — Reuters

September 19, 2018

Liberia loses $104m in central bank cash, bans 15 from foreign travel

MONROVIA — Fifteen Liberians, including the son of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, are banned from leaving the country while the government investigates the whereabouts of $104 million in missing cash intended for the central bank, the government said.A series of shipments of notes ordered by Liberia’s central bank from printers overseas have disappeared since last year after passing through the country’s main ports, Liberia’s information minister Eugene Nagbe told ...