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China-Philippines tensions simmer after Beijing rebukes Manila over Seoul clash
Philippine rescuers board ferry 40 hours after blaze began
Philippine firefighters enter charred ferry as rescuers search for 84 missing
Over 90 Sikh pilgrims from Pakistan with visas, stopped from boarding indirect flight to India
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Dozens of passengers are missing after a fire tore through a ferry in the Philippines, killing at least 5 people.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingFirefighters have entered a charred ferry in Philippine waters after a fire onboard left 84 people missing and at least five dead…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
Firefighters searching for survivors combed through the smoking remains of a ferry off the coast of Coron island in the Philippines.Five people died and over 40 have been rescued…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deutsche Welle
China and the Philippines have been locked in years of tension over their competing claims in the South China Sea, with friction intensifying in recent months.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
As many as 92 Pakistani Sikhs, including women and children, arrived at the Faisalabad International Airport (some 150 km from Lahore) to catch an indirect flight to India…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingUkraine’s foreign minister says Russia is deliberately targeting civilians in Brussels The European Commission has said it is assessing whether Ukraine has a funding shortfall, amid renewed pressure to use Russia’s frozen assets to aid Kyiv.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
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