TOKYO -- At least 19 people have died, and another 16 missing as of 1:30 p.m. local time (0430 GMT) on Sunday as Typhoon Hagibis ripped through Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, leaving more than 140,000 households in Tokyo and regions close by without power.

Meanwhile, some 100 people were injured across the country, according to a Kyodo News tally based on the information provided by rescuers and other authorities, while an NHK tally put the number of injured at 149. (Japan-Typhoon-Death)

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HANOI -- Two motorbikes carrying six Vietnamese youngsters collided in the country's central Quang Tri province on Sunday, instantly killing four and severely injuring two, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The accident happened in Da Krong district around 0:10 a.m. on Sunday morning, causing the four youngsters aged 14-15, including two underage drivers, died at the scene. All the victims were reportedly not wearing helmets when the vehicles collided, according to local authorities. (Vietnam-Crash)

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QUITO -- Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno declared curfew and militarization of the Metropolitan District of Quito on Saturday after 10 days of anti-government protests.

"I have ordered the curfew and the militarization of the Metropolitan District of Quito. It will take effect from 3:00 p.m. (2000 GMT)," Moreno tweeted. "This will facilitate the police action against the intolerable excesses of violence." (Ecuador-Portest-Curfew)

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CHICAGO -- Four people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting in an apartment building on Chicago's Northwest Side on Saturday night.

A man, identified as a 67-year-old construction worker who has lived in the 3-floor building for about 15 years, left his apartment, went to a neighbor's apartment in the same building and shot dead four people -- three men and one woman -- as they sat around a table eating dinner, local media quoted police as saying. (US-Shooting-Death) Enditem

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