KIEV -- A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa killed at least eight people on Monday, according to Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper.

Kiper said on Telegram that at least 18 people, including a child, were also injured in the strike, while Lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said that the attack ignited two residential buildings. (Ukraine-Russia-Strike)

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GAZA -- At least 30 Palestinians were killed on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in the Gaza Strip, said Palestinian sources.

At least 17 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid on a house near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, Palestinian medical sources told Xinhua. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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LUANDA -- Six people were killed when an overloaded boat sank Sunday near Ilha do Cabo, in Luanda, Angola's capital, with dozens still missing, local media reported Monday.

About 30 people were on the boat, which was designed for fishing and not equipped to carry more than 10, and the chances of finding more survivors are "very slim," the Jornal de Angola quoted Herminio Cazucoto, provincial commander of the Civil Protection and Fire Service, as saying. (Angola-Shipwreck-Death)

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MANILA -- At least eight people have died as super typhoon Man-yi hit the Philippines over the weekend, triggering flooding and landslides along its path, provincial officials said Monday.

The Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) confirmed to Xinhua in a telephone interview that at least seven died in Ambaguio town after their house was buried in a landslide. (Philippines-Typhoon-Death) Enditem

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