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SYDNEY -- Two people were killed and several injured after four cars and a bus collided on the Sydney Harbor Bridge on Thursday.
Emergency services were called to the scene following reports of a multi-vehicle crash. Ambulance paramedics treated multiple people for injuries. (Australia-Multi-Vehicle Crash)
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country's past brutal militarism, on the occasion of its autumn festival.
Ishiba sent the ceremonial tree, called "masakaki," on the first day of the three-day ceremony at the war-linked shrine located in central Tokyo's Chiyoda district. (Japan-PM-Yasukuni Shrine)
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NEW DELHI -- At least 20 people have died, and several others have been hospitalized over the past three days after allegedly consuming illicit liquor in India's eastern state of Bihar, confirmed a top police official over phone.
While 15 deaths were reported from the state's Siwan district, five persons died in Saran district. (India-Liquor-Deaths)
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JAKARTA -- The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), celebrating its first anniversary on Thursday, has transported 5.79 million passengers, according to PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture between Indonesian and Chinese enterprises that built and operates the railway.
Since its commercial launch in October 2023, the HSR has completed over 15,826 train trips, covering more than 2.57 million kilometers. The number of daily train services has increased from 14 at the start of operations to 52, with passenger seats rising from 8,400 to over 31,000. The highest daily ridership reached 24,132, according to KCIC statistics. (Indonesia-China-HSR)
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ISLAMABAD -- Three people were killed and two others injured in an explosion accident on a motorway near Pakistan's Islamabad, police said.
The accident happened on Wednesday night near a toll plaza on the M1 motorway where an explosion occurred in a passenger van, motorway police said in a statement. (Pakistan-Accident) Enditem
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