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Survivors still sought as Japan quake death toll hits 13

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Rescuers frantically searched for ‌survivors on Wednesday, a day after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the regio...

Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash

DUBLIN - The Irish musician Glen Hansard, who won a Best Original Song Oscar in 2008 for the indie film “Once”, died in a motorcycle crash at the age ​of 56 early on ⁠Wednesday, his management company said.

Suspects sought in young Russians’ disappearance flee

CHON BURI - Police surrounded a house in Bang Lamung district on Wednesday in an attempt to arrest two men believed to be connected to the disappearance of two Russian siblings from Pattaya, but the suspects had already fled.

Thai YouTuber ‘Hlun Solo’ found dead in Georgia

The Thai travel YouTuber “Hlun Solo” has been found dead in a hotel room in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, more than two weeks after his family last had contact with him.

The photo that sums up Europe’s wildfire summer

PARIS - AFP photo editor Maximilien Lamy was on holiday with his partner and daughter last week when he took a series of snapshots of vacationers in fire-struck southwestern France with his smartphone.

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