22 h. ago Man found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of San Francisco Thai grandfather

A man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an older Thai man whose 2021 killing in San Francisco helped spark a national movement against anti-Asian-American violence. A jury did not find Antoine Watson, 24, guilty of murder when it returned a verdict on Thursday for the January 2021 attack on Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84. Jurors found Watson guilty on the lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault. The office of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins...

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64 h. ago 2 killed in Thai crane collapse just a day after another kills 32 train passengers

A crane collapsed over a Thai highway outside Bangkok, crushing cars and killing two people on Thursday, just a day after another construction crane plunged onto a rail track in the country’s northeast, killing 32 passengers. Thursday’s incident occurred just outside Bangkok in Samut Sakhon province, where a crane installed on an under-construction elevated highway toppled onto the busy road below. Dashcam footage shared on social media shows the crane collapse onto unsuspecting drivers in a...

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3 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 22

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed onto and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring scores, local authorities said. Footage from the scene showed the crane’s broken structure resting on giant concrete pillars, with smoke rising from the wreckage of the train below. Rescuers worked to extract passengers from the tilted carriages in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of the capital, Bangkok. “At around 9am, I heard...

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3 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 25

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens, local authorities said. The accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province. The crane, which was part of an elevated high-speed rail project being built directly above the existing rail line, fell onto...

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3 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 28

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens, local authorities said. The accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province. The crane, which was part of an elevated high-speed rail project being built directly above the existing rail line, fell onto...

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3 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 32

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train on Wednesday and caused it to derail, killing at least 32 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. The accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province. Footage from the scene showed the broken crane resting on concrete pillars above the smoking wreckage of the...

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3 w. ago Israel seals off Palestinian village in West Bank after deadly attack

Israeli forces imposed a lockdown on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, their second day of operations there after a local resident killed two people in Israel. “The IDF [Israeli army] is operating forcefully against terror hubs in the village of Qabatiya accompanied by a lockdown and a complete cordon around the locality,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement published by his office on Saturday. “We will continue to pursue an uncompromising offensive...

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3 w. ago Australian PM Albanese booed as Bondi Beach attack victims honoured

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed by an angry crowd gathered at the famous Bondi Beach on Sunday to honour the victims of a gun attack a week earlier that targeted a seaside Jewish Hanukkah festival event. The nation marked a day of reflection on Sunday to honour the 15 people killed and the dozens wounded in the attack by two gunmen. With security tight and flags at half-staff on government buildings, a minute of silence was held at 6.47pm local time, the time the attack...

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last month US forces strike another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4

The US military said on Wednesday that it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people on the same day the US House rejected efforts to limit President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels. US Southern Command stated on social media that the vessel was operated by narco-terrorists along a known trafficking route. The military didn’t provide evidence behind the allegations but posted a video of a boat moving through water...

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