China warns Australia against taking back control of key port in Darwin
China’s envoy says Beijing will ‘take measures’ to defend Chinese firm’s interests if Canberra takes over Port Darwin.

China’s envoy says Beijing will ‘take measures’ to defend Chinese firm’s interests if Canberra takes over Port Darwin.


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Thursday’s incident outside Bangkok follows a crane collapse the day before that killed dozens in the northeast.

A Thai passenger train was crushed by construction cranes that slammed onto carriages, killing at least 29 people.

A collapse of trash at a landfill in Cebu city, Philippines killed one worker, injured at least 12 and left 27 missing.

Emergency crews in Kosovo carried out a second day of evacuations after the region was devastated by floods.
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Experts have discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints in northern Italy’s Stelvio National Park.
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Almost two dozen people are confirmed dead after two buildings collapsed in the Moroccan city of Fez.
The death toll from the destruction of the buildings includes several children.