NEW DELHI -- Two people were killed and five others went missing after a speedboat crashed into a ferry Wednesday off India's Mumbai coast, local media reported.

A video aired on television shows the speedboat carrying four men zig-zagging in the water before ramming into the ferry with over 80 passengers onboard. (India-Boat Collision)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential security service has impeded a joint investigation unit's attempt to seize a computer server related to impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol's martial law imposition, local media reported on Wednesday.

The presidential security service notified the joint investigation unit on Wednesday that it cannot assist in any operation for the seizure of a computer server as such actions will not be allowed on the grounds of necessity to protect confidential military information, multiple local media outlets said, citing the investigation team which is made up of the country's police, the defense ministry and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials. (South Korea-Seizure-Server)

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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which is building the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) mega rail project in Malaysia, inked an agreement on Wednesday to establish an operating and maintenance company with Malaysia Rail Link (MRL), the ECRL project owner.

The signing ceremony of the joint venture agreement between MRL and CCCC for the operation and maintenance of the railway was witnessed by Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook and Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing. (Malaysia-China-Railway)

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SUVA -- Gu Zihua, counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Vanuatu, said in an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday that the two Chinese citizens killed in an earthquake in Vanuatu were from Fujian Province, and their names and other information has been confirmed.

Gu said after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu on Tuesday, the embassy has been strengthening contact with the local police to verify the situation of Chinese citizens in the country and learn about the latest casualty statistics. (Vanuatu-Quake) Enditem

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