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For four days, a dog kept vigil over a boy lost on ill-fated Himalayan trek in India

Rescue workers would later say the dog appeared neither frantic nor aggressive, only fixed in its purpose. As the rescuers approached carefully, it barked, a final act of…

  • Published: January 30, 20268:38 am
  • Author Raul Dancel
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Deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra dies in plane crash

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, one of the state’s most influential and seasoned political leaders, died in a tragic plane crash on Wednesday morning while landing…

  • Published: January 29, 202610:10 am
  • Author The Statesman
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18 die, over 300 rescued as ferry sinks in southern Philippines

A coast guard officer said the ship’s crew managed to send a distress call around 1 a.m. Monday, reporting “serious technical problems” before strong waves battered the…

  • Published: January 27, 202610:15 am
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Tourist mauled by snow leopard at popular Xinjiang ski destination; authorities step up patrols

The footage, which has been circulating on Chinese social media, shows a snow leopard standing over what appears to be a person lying face down in the snow. The video then cuts…

  • Published: January 27, 202610:00 am
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China hands over 17 Filipino sailors from shipwreck to Philippines

Of the 17 rescued, two were confirmed dead. Four remained missing.

  • Published: January 26, 202610:10 am
  • Author Yang Zekun
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‘We have lost a piece of the city’s soul’: What the Gul Plaza inferno means for Karachi

This isn’t just one person’s story. It is the case for most Karachiites, across class and generation, for whom Gul Plaza simply existed in the background as they put together…

  • Published: January 22, 202610:48 am
  • Author Aniqa Atiq Khan
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At least 20 bodies found at single shop as rescuers comb through wreckage of Karachi shopping centre

With the discovery of the bodies from the gutted shop, the death toll was estimated to have risen to 61.

  • Published: January 22, 202610:00 am
  • Author Imtiaz Ali
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Death toll of fire at Karachi’s Gul Plaza reaches 28

The fire had erupted on Saturday night. The plaza, parts of which collapsed due to the blaze, was a ground-plus-three-storey building with 1,200 shops spread over 8,000 square…

  • Published: January 21, 202611:38 am
  • Author Imtiaz Ali
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Fire destroys 400-500 shelters at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

The late-night fire forced many refugees to flee to safer places.

  • Published: January 21, 202610:30 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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Karachi’s Gul Plaza, SBCA, and the human cost of bad governance

Buildings become death traps not because the rules are unclear, but because enforcement has been deliberately neutralised.

  • Published: January 20, 202610:20 am
  • Author Imtiaz Bhatti

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