BANGKOK -- Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said that 18 passengers have been confirmed dead in the bus-train collision which occurred in Central Thailand's Chachoengsao Province earlier Sunday.

Sutthathip, a supervisor at the DDPM, told Xinhua that two out of the initially presumed 20 dead passengers had been resuscitated at Buddhasothorn Hospital in Chachoengsao. (Thailand-Bus-Train Collision)

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NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 7 million on Sunday, reaching 7,053,806, as the death toll reached 108,334, announced the federal health ministry.

As many as 74,383 new COVID-19 cases and 918 deaths were registered across the country during the past 24 hours. The last one million COVID-19 cases were added to the tally in the past 13 days (Sept. 28-Oct. 10). (India-COVID-19 Cases-Seven Million)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong must avoid structural damage to its economy, and the first step toward recovery is to bring the COVID-19 epidemic under control, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Leung Chun-ying told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.

Amid fears of a probable new wave of COVID-19 in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Leung, also former chief executive of the HKSAR, said containing COVID-19 was a pressing task that must be solved, "otherwise Hong Kong's economy would suffer some structural damage in the medium to long term." (Hong Kong SAR-Economy)

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KATHMANDU -- Nepal's Minister for Education, Science and Technology Girirajmani Pokharel was tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second cabinet minister to contract with coronavirus, his personal aide said on Sunday.

"Minister Pokharel was tested positive for COVID-19," Puran K.C., personal secretary of Minister Pokharel wrote on his social media account. (Nepal-COVID-19-Minister) Enditem

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