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Israel launches 'ground raids' against Hezbollah

BEIRUT, Oct 01 (BBC/AFP): Israel has launched what it has described as "limited, localised and targeted ground raids" in southern Lebanon, marking an escalation in its continuing offensive against Hezbollah.Lebanese civilians are being warned not to use vehicles to travel south across the Litani river, which is 20 miles north...

Japan's new PM forms Cabinet

TOKYO, Oct 01 (AP): Japan's parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with addressing public outrage over his governing party's corruption scandals ahead of a parliamentary election later this month, while trying to boost the economy and tackle security challenges from China and North Korea.Ishiba...

23 dead in Thailand bus fire

BANGKOK, Oct 01 (BBC): A bus carrying dozens of primary school children has crashed and caught fire just outside the Thai capital of Bangkok.Sixteen children and three teachers are reported to have escaped, but 22 pupils and three teachers are still unaccounted for, according to the country's transport minister.Thailand's prime...

Swiss glaciers 'on track to disappear'

GLETSCH, Oct 01 (AFP): A snowy winter provided no respite for Switzerland's glaciers, which shed 2.4 percent of their volume in a year, with Sahara sand accelerating the summer melt.The past 12 months have been "exceptional both in terms of accumulation and melt" for Swiss glaciers, a Glacier Monitoring in...

Shanghai knife attack kills 3, wounds 15

SHANGHAI, Oct 01 (Reuters): Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai on Monday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, extending a series of stabbing incidents across China this year.The victims were immediately rushed to hospital for treatment, according to Xinhua on...

News in Brief -2024-10-02

Indian-controlled Kashmir votes in final phase of polls to elect local govtSRINAGAR, Oct 01: Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday, the first such vote since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its special...