China’s foreign minister to visit North Korea
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea this week, his office said on Monday, days after the leaders of the two Koreas held a landmark summit.
landslide in China kills 3, rescue underway
Beijing: A landslide in northern China’s Shanxi province has killed three people after a total of nine were buried underneath the falling earth.
Six skiers dead after Swiss Alps storm
Geneva: Four skiers and two climbers were confirmed dead on Monday and five others were in critical condition after being forced to spend the night exposed to the elements in the Swiss Alps, police said. Bad weather in the Pigne d’Arolla area of the Swiss Alps on Sunday caught 14 skiers by surprise, police in Valais canton said in a statement.
World’s oldest known spider dies in Australia
Sydney: The world’s oldest known spider has died at ripe old age of 43 after being monitored for years during a long-term population study in Australia, researchers said. The trapdoor matriarch comfortably outlived the previous record holder, a 28-year-old tarantula found in Mexico, according to a study published in the Pacific Conservation Biology Journal.