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Cargo ship evacuated after crashing into rocks off island
Cargo ship evacuated after crashing into rocks off island
Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets’ cause of death confirmed
Sheets was found dead at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, on April 22
Japan visitors warned over severe May weather after hiker from Hong Kong dies
The pair, aged 30 and 22, were scaling Mount Okuhotaka – Japan’s third-highest peak – when they became stranded
UK services industry faces ‘short-lived’ rebound as costs rise sharply
The S&P Global UK services PMI survey showed a reading of 52.7 in April, up from 50.5 the previous month.
AI boom drives a rally in buying of tech shares, pushing South Korea's Kospi to a record
South Korea’s Kospi has soared nearly 7% to a fresh record as Samsung Electronics' stock jumped nearly 13% in a rally dr