Two men died and two men were injured after a wing van truck and a cement mixer truck collided in Iloilo province in the central Philippines, police said on Wednesday.

Police said that a head-on crash, which happened around 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday in Leganes, a town north of the provincial capital, Iloilo City, killed the 45-year-old commercial truck helper and the 40-year-old driver of the concrete mixer truck.

Typhoon Yagi and the consequent landslides and floods had left 141 dead and 59 missing in Vietnam's region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on Wednesday.

Among the fatalities, 29 were from Cao Bang Province, 45 from Lao Cai Province and 37 were from Yen Bai Province.

Local authorities of Tuyen Quang province confirmed on Tuesday that the dyke of Lo River running through Quyet Thang commune has broken due to rising river water, reports, quoting Vietnam News Agency.

Flood levels on the Red River in the capital Hanoi have surpassed warning level 2 out of three levels and are forecast to reach the highest level on Wednesday at noon, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting on early Wednesday.

India equity indices were trading flat following weak global cues from the US and Asian Markets.

At 9.45 a.m., Sensex was up 69 points or 0.09 per cent at 81,990 and Nifty was up 29 points or 0.12 per cent at 25,070.

In early trade, Buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 291 points or 0.49 per cent at 59,330 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 88 points or 0.46 per cent at 19,405.

In the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, Ultratech Cement, HUL, SBI, Power Grid, HCL Tech, ITC and Kotak Mahindra Bank were top gainers. Tata Motors, Wipro, ICICI Bank, JSW Steel, Infosys, Titan, HDFC Bank and Tech Mahindra were the top losers.

ਪੁਲਸ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਆਂਧਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ 'ਚ ਇਕ ਮਿੰਨੀ ਟਰੱਕ ਦੇ ਪਲਟ ਜਾਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਸੱਤ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਹੋ ਗਈ।

ਪੂਰਬੀ ਅਤੇ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜੋੜਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਹਾਈਵੇਅ 'ਤੇ ਚਿੰਨੀਗੁਡੇਮ ਦੇ ਚਿਲਕਾਵਰੀ ਪਾਕਾਲਾ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਪਰੇ ਇਸ ਹਾਦਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਹੋਰ ਜ਼ਖ਼ਮੀ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

ਕਾਜੂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ ਮਿੰਨੀ ਟਰੱਕ ਏਲੁਰੂ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ ਦੇ ਬੋਰਾਮਪਾਲੇਮ ਤੋਂ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ ਦੇ ਤਾਡੀਮੱਲਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ। ਪੁਲਿਸ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਹਾਦਸਾ ਉਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ ਜਦੋਂ ਡਰਾਈਵਰ ਕੰਟਰੋਲ ਗੁਆ ਬੈਠਾ। ਗੱਡੀ ਬੇਕਾਬੂ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸੜਕ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਲੱਗਦੇ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਲਟ ਗਈ।

Seven people were killed when a mini-truck they were travelling in overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district on Wednesday, police said.

Two others were injured in the accident that occurred in the Chilakavari Pakala area of Chinnaigudem on the highway connecting East and West Godavari districts.

The mini-truck, laden with cashew nuts, was on its way from Borrampalem of Eluru district to Tadimalla in East Godavari district. Police said the accident occurred when the driver lost control. The vehicle veered off the road and overturned in the adjoining agricultural field.

Nine labourers, who were travelling on the mini-truck, got trapped under the sacks of cashew nuts. While seven of them died on the spot, the police rescued two others and shifted them to a nearby hospital.

Vice President Kamala Harris said that former President Donald Trump was “fired by 81 million voters” in the 2024 election during an exchange in the debate on the latter's continuing refusal to acknowledge he lost.

“I got almost 75 million votes, the most votes any sitting President has ever gotten. I was told if I got 63 which was what I got in 2016 you can't be beaten in the election. People should never be thinking that an election is fraudulent,” Trump said when asked by moderators to explain his recent statements in which he had seemingly acknowledged losing the 2024 election.

An unprecedented autumn heat wave in South Korea is set to reach its peak on Wednesday, the state weather agency said, as the daytime high is forecast to rise to a record 35 degrees Celsius in Seoul amid a heat wave advisory issued for almost all regions of the country.

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said overnight temperatures in the capital again stayed above 25 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, marking the latest tropical night since modern meteorological observation began, news agency reported.

The southern island of Jeju experienced the tropical night phenomenon for a record 65 consecutive days.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital has noticed major contradictions in certain contents mentioned in the post-mortem report and the seizure list given by city police.

The Kolkata Police handled the initial investigation into the case before the central agency took charge following a Supreme Court order.

As per the rules, pointed out sources aware of the development, while sending the body for post-mortem. the cops were supposed to send to the forensic team the details of the garments the victim was wearing at the time of the recovery of the body.

Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump traded charges on his legal challenges and conviction.

To Trump’s charge that the Biden administration was allowing criminals to come into the country through the southern border, Harris said, “I think this is so rich coming from someone who has been prosecuted for national security crimes, economic crimes, election interference has been found liable for sexual assault, and his next big court appearance is in November at his own criminal sentencing.”

Skipper Harry Kane marked his 100th appearance for England with two superb goals as interim manager Lee Carsley made it two wins in two at the UEFA Nations League.

Kane, the tenth man to reach the landmark for England, went close several times before he collected Trent Alexander-Arnold's pass, beat a defender on the edge of the area and fired in off the underside of the bar, reports.

Captain Kane then swept in a pass from substitute debutant Noni Madueke to wrap up the win and move to 68 international goals. The Bayern München forward had had an earlier header ruled out for offside as England dominated at a wet Wembley.