Pedestrian killed by semi truck

At least 13 people, 10 of them Mexican nationals, were killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a Ford Expedition crammed with 25 adults and children in the dusty farming community of Holtville near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said. Handmade wooden crosses stretched in a line across a patch of dry grass and dirt next to the highway, and a seat covered in what appeared to be blood lay near the SUV, as the desolate highway remained closed Tuesday afternoon. The white tractor trailer cab with yellow trim was still smashed into the wrecked side of the maroon SUV. The entire driver’s side of the smaller vehicle was caved in, and the passenger side was flung wide open. “Unfortunately, consular staff have confirmed the death of 10 Mexicans so far,” Roberto Velasco, the foreign ministry’s director for North America, said in a tweet in Spanish. Mexicans were also among the injured in the crash, he said. It was not immediately clear how fast the vehicles were going, … [Read more...] about Thirteen die in collision of truck, crowded SUV near U.S.-Mexico border

The Hanoitimes - Flooding has isolated communities and submerged or damaged up to 100,000 houses, leaving up to 31,000 people displaced. Successive floods in Vietnam's central provinces have killed at least 18 people and left 14 others missing as of October 12 afternoon while the country is bracing for another tropical storm, according to the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue. The flooding comes as tropical storm Linfa hit central Vietnam on October 11 just hours after being upgraded and then lost strength to become a tropical depression again. Linfa was forecast to bring heavy rainfalls and strong winds to central and south-central Vietnam until October 13 as it moves inland. Warnings of flash floods, landslides and local flooding have been issued for the provinces from Quang Binh to Binh Dinh and the Central Highlands region. The provinces exposed to the highest risk are Thua Thien Hue, Danang and Quang Nam. … [Read more...] about Central Vietnam: Successive floods kill 18 people, next storm due soon

A gunman massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a white-steepled church in southeast Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that have plagued the United States, authorities said. The lone suspect, wearing black tactical gear and a ballistic vest and carrying an assault rifle, opened fire after entering the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs in Wilson County, about 40 miles (65 km) east of San Antonio. The victims ranged in age from 5 to 72 years old, law enforcement officials said at a news conference. After the shooting, the gunman, described as a white man in his 20s, was fired on by a local resident. He fled in his vehicle and was later found dead in neighboring Guadalupe County. It was not immediately clear if the suspect killed himself or he was hit by gunfire by the resident, authorities said. “We are dealing with the largest mass shooting in our state’s history,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said at the news … [Read more...] about Texas gunman kills at least 26 worshipers at small-town church

An Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people, told investigators he had been inspired by watching Islamic State videos and began planning the attack a year ago, according to a criminal complaint filed against him on Wednesday. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, who was hospitalized after he was shot by a police officer and arrested, confessed to authorities that he made a trial run with a rental truck on October 22 to practice turning the vehicle and "stated that he felt good about what he had done" after the attack, the complaint said. The 10-page charging document said Saipov waived his rights to remain silent and avoid self-incrimination in agreeing to speak to investigators without an attorney present from his bed at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. In the course of that interview, the complaint said, Saipov told investigators he chose Halloween for the attack because he believed more people would be on the streets and said he had … [Read more...] about Uzbek man charged in New York attack said he ‘felt good’ about what he did

PM gives Tet present Vietnam football head coach Coach Park Hang-seo The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival.  The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival. Coach Park Hang-seo said that he would come back to work soon and try to work hard to improve the national team’s results. Coach Park Hang-seo arrived in Hanoi on February 3 after a holiday in his home country of South Korea. He was now on a 21-day quarantine period for Covid-19 prevention following regulations from the Vietnamese government. Under the leadership of coach Park Hang-seo, the Vietnamese national football team finished as runners-up at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, champions of the AFF Cup 2018, qualified in semi-finals of the 18th Asian Games and … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS FEBRUARY 9