5 Indian workers injured in Nepal
Kathmandu: Five Indian workers were injured in an explosion at an iron plant Wednesday in southern Nepal, bordering India, a media report said.
Britons among 10 dead in flash floods
Sant Llorenc des Cardassar: At least 10 people died, including two Britons, and a boy remained missing Wednesday after flash floods hit the Spanish holiday island of Majorca, tearing through village streets and sweeping away cars.
55 people dead in bus crash in Kenya
Nairobi: Fifty-five people were killed when their bus left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in western Kenya, an official said Wednesday, with the roof of the bus ripped off.
SL says no Chinese military base at port
Colombo: Sri Lanka rejected on Wednesday US claims that China might establish a “forward military base” at a strategic port leased to Beijing. Sri Lanka last year granted a 99-year lease on the Hambantota deep-sea port to Beijing, after it was unable to repay Chinese loans for the USD 1.4-billion project.
