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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said on Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from …
Read More »Hong Kong highrise fire leaves at least 13 dead, with reports of residents trapped
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A fire spread across multiple highrise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex on Wednesday, killing 13 people and leaving others trapped inside, authorities said. Nine …
Read More »Calgary man, 7-year-old daughter dead after California ocean wave sweeps them away
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Investigators in California say a Calgary man and his seven-year-old daughter have died after they were swept into the Pacific Ocean. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said …
Read More »Dozens of religious pilgrims from India feared dead in Saudi bus accident
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Dozens of Indian pilgrims are feared dead after a bus was in collision with a diesel tanker on Monday near the holy city of Medina in Saudi …
Read More »1 dead after 2 planes collide north of Cornwall
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. One person is dead after a pair of planes collided in mid-air Saturday morning in South Glengarry Township, Ont., provincial police say. The collision happened around 10:50 …
Read More »Alice Wong, U.S. disability rights activist and author, dead at 51
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died Friday because of an infection at …
Read More »2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighbourhood
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb …
Read More »Typhoon Fung-wong blows away from Philippines, leaving 4 dead and 1.4 million displaced
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people …
Read More »Vietnam evacuates hundreds of thousands ahead of Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left 114 dead in Philippines
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 114, with another 127 people still missing, the disaster agency said on Thursday, as the storm …
Read More »At least 85 dead after Typhoon Kalmaegi floods Philippines, engulfing entire communities
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead and 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday. Among the dead were six people …
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