2 killed, 57 injured in blast in China
Beijing: Two people were killed and 57 injured in a warehouse explosion in northeast China’s Jilin Province, state media reported on Saturday.
The explosion on Friday night also caused a fire which was put out on Saturday morning. Dense smoke can still be seen at the site.
A total of 370 houses have been damaged, with 15 having collapsed.
The accident occurred at around 11:40 pm on Friday in a warehouse of Jiangcheng Machinery Company in Sanhe Township, Dongfeng County, leaving two people dead.
US soldier killed in Afghanistan: NATO
Kabul: A US soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO said, taking the number of American service personnel to die in the war-torn country this year to nine. NATO’s Resolute Support mission would not immediately release any details about the soldier — the second US service member to be killed in Afghanistan this month — or the circumstances of their death.
Sirisena to pen book on current political crisis
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who last month abruptly sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe and replaced him with former strongman Mahinda Rajapksa, will write a book on his “unsuccessful political marriage” with the ousted premier. Sirisena’s controversial action on October 26 led to a political crisis in the country with both Wickremesinghe and Rajapaksa claiming to be the legitimate prime minister. Wickremesinghe termed his dismissal as invalid and said he still
holds a majority in the 225-member Parliament. Sirisena, addressing a public gathering on Friday, said the book will be titled ‘My unsuccessful political marriage with Ranil’.