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Destroyed train carriages are seen at the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023.
Hard Numbers: Greek train crash, US attaches strings to chip cash, Serbia and Kosovo outline peace, camel copies for sale
43: At least 43 people are dead after a passenger train carrying people from Athens, Greece, to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided head-on with a freight train. A provincial stationmaster has already been arrested as part of the initial investigation. Greek rail unions have long complained about staffing shortfalls and outdated equipment.
10: Cash for chips now comes with strings attached. The US government has ruled that any American companies that receive money from a new multibillion-dollar fund to support the semiconductor industry must agree not to expand in China for 10 years. For more on the Great Global Chips War, see here.
15: A mere 15 years after Kosovo’s controversial declaration of independence from Serbia, the two countries reached a(nother) tentative, EU-brokered framework for peace earlier this week. Much remains to be worked out, but it’s a good sign nonetheless. See here for our recent explainer on why it’s so hard for Kosovo and Serbia to normalize relations.
50,000: Do you have A) $50,000 burning a hole in your pocket and B) a stunningly beautiful camel at your disposal? If so, please consider spending (A) on making a perfect clone of (B), courtesy of a Dubai lab that specializes in camel copies. Get over the hump — do it!13 vehicles trapped by Fraser's Hill landslides, no injuries
KUANTAN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Police said that a total of 13 vehicles were trapped between two landslides along Jalan Raub-Bukit Fraser (Fraser's Hill), about 230km from Kuantan at around 1.30pm Sunday (Jan 3) afternoon.
10 persons die after building collapses in India
NEW DELHI (XINHUA) - At least 10 people died and many injured in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday (Jan 3) when a building collapsed on them, a local police official said.
Boy killed on Deepavali eve after running into cousin's knife
IPOH (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Deepavali will not be the same for Mr D. Mathialagan after he lost his nephew in a freak knife accident on the eve of the celebration.
Huge India oil well fire extinguished after five months
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A massive oil well fire that has raged for more than five months in northeast India has finally been extinguished, officials said on Sunday (Nov 15).
22 wedding guests killed in Pakistan rickshaw accident
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (AFP) - Twenty-two wedding guests were killed when the rickshaw they were riding in fell into a canal in northwestern Pakistan, police said on Wednesday (Nov 11) at the end of a recovery mission.
Mother of Irish girl found dead in Malaysia says daughter may have been abducted
The mother questioned official findings that no foul play was involved in her daughter's death.
5 workers trapped in coal mine in China's Shanxi province
Rescue efforts are under way at the scene in Shuozhou city.