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The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay has reached 37, according to provincial officials.
At least 37 people have been confirmed dead after a tourist cruise boat carrying 53 people capsized in Ha Long Bay on Saturday, Vietnamese authorities said.
The Wonder Sea vessel overturned near Dau Go Cave in Quang Ninh province during heavy rain and strong winds, according to local media reports citing provincial officials.
The boat had 48 tourists and five crew members on board, many of them families with children.
So far, 11 people have been rescued and recovery efforts continue. Rescue operations, initially suspended due to dangerous weather conditions, resumed once the sea calmed and visibility improved.
Quang Ninh police and emergency responders remain on site, searching for any remaining survivors or missing persons.
No official information has yet been released about the nationalities of the tourists.
The incident occurred despite weather alerts issued for the area. Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a popular tourist destination known for its dramatic limestone formations and boat tours.
Authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the capsizing.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will send an upgraded ‘version 3.0’ free-trade agreement to their heads of government for approval in October, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday after regional talks in Kuala Lumpur.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
Chinese automaker Chery has denied an industry-ministry audit that disqualified more than $53 million in state incentives for thousands of its electric and hybrid vehicles, insisting it followed official guidance and committed no fraud.
Russia’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Saturday that certain countries would make “titanic efforts” to derail the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, scheduled for 15 August.
U.S. President Donald Trump has invited newly inaugurated Polish President Karol Nawrocki to the White House for an official working meeting on 3 September, Nawrocki’s chief of cabinet announced on Saturday.
Thousands gathered in Nagasaki on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the city’s atomic bombing, with Mayor Shiro Suzuki warning that ongoing global conflicts risk bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday reaffirmed that Ukraine would not cede any of its territory, stressing that “Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers”.
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